A very original work. The stories vary greatly, but are held together by the voice of the narrator - which is very well maintained - and by various elements of cross-referencing and continuity. The author moves into and out of the phantasmagoric but his fine details (geographical, physical and zoological) keep the stories believable and grounded. It’s the conscious with its archetypical conflict between death and life, darkness and light, good and evil - the battle between God and the Devil for the soul. Robert Gibbs