What struck me most about this book is how perfect the delivery was. The story is incredibly engaging and written in sparse, efficient language with pitch-perfect dialogue that's just ... well, perfect. An example of "male" literature, but the themes of fate and humanity are universal. I'm personally increasingly intrigued with literature moving towards the Greek -- we are controlled by the fates, rather than we control our own destiny. (Or are we?) It provides a fatalistic but ... contemplate-able (?) narrative that has the reader turning the story over in one's mind long after it's over.