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I finally finished re-reading this today. I decided to forget about trying to decipher what it all meant until I finished and just read the book, taking whatever happens as it comes. I did enjoy it for the most part. As for the meaning I'm sure the conversations Kid has with Madame Brown and with Calkins near the end are important. I'll have to think about it.
The best description may be what a friend said about "The Prisoner" TV series (which he adored). Like Patrick McGoohan, Delany "knew he wanted to say something, was sure he had something to say, but was never quite sure how to say it or sometimes exactly what it was."
Oh, and I liked the fact that it's a circular novel: it ends with a sentence fragment that is completed by the first words of the book.
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