I thought that this was a alright book. Entertaining, but ultimately like a meal of a bowl of whipped cream. I did like the melding of real and imaginary characters. In fact that kept me busy (Yeah for the Internet) seeing what could have been real and what was fiction.

Reading while listening to Scott Joplin sounds nice. Unfortunately I have little ability to so multi-task. I can listen to and enjoy music, or I can read while comprehending, but not both at the same time.