Amazing, amazing, amazing! Loaded with descriptive last names--Flite, Dedlock, Smallweed, Tulkinghorn to name just four characters that the reader meets. Of course you'll have to read it to find out why these names are apropos. The interconnectedness of four dozen characters makes for some pretty astounding work on the author's part too. Of course, my final criteria involves length: Being close to 900 pages the reader got a lot of book for her buck. One more great classic read before this reader turns to dust!