Found in laundry-room book exchange, read to contrast with relatively fluffy fantasy series I'm lately prone to reading.

I wish I could call my senior-year English professor to talk about this one, not because I think it was particularly good, but because I think I'm missing the context that would help me appreciate it more. (Also, because I suspect said prof of minor depravities that would help him explain the protagonist, but that's beside the point.)

If you read, do read to the end. All the excitement happens in the final 100 pages.