Don't read this, this book took me so long to read cause it caused a billion reading slumps. I just don't know how to DNF a book but I would've if I could. I just have it in my mind I have to finish every book I start and this one was the worst one l've ever read. The racism in this book even if it's just showing the time and how horrible it was back then was sickening. I don't know how it's still being published. The writing itself was badly done. The pacing was all over the place they'd go into pages of some useless stories and then the actual important parts were summed up in a paragraph. The ending was rushed like the rest of the important parts. I can't imagine a book worse than this one. Glad it's over.

Namby pamby syphilitic nonsense. 
With a more serious tone, it's really not his best, especially considering it was his last novel. The Wikipedia summary reads better than this novel and I couldn't understand the motivations of characters, what each character knew about events happening, or even what some of the events were at times. Prevalent racism against one of the characters of colour throughout as well. Still not sure on the identity of the worm.