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After the book's first dramatic event, the pace slowed down more than I would have liked. But keep reading, because as the events on Bidong begin to compress and the characters' psyches are put to the test, the narrative is unstoppable and the payoff is well worth all of the novel's pages. The writing is terse and beautiful, and the story Eggers has to tell is a crucial testament to world events that we still try to shuffle under the carpet. I can't compare this to other novels because it is truly unlike anything I've read before. This is a brilliant, compelling first novel that makes me anticipate Eggers' next effort.

Egger's novel is a superb piece of writing; bleak, humorous, arresting, and engaging all at once. The characters are real and vivid; the prose style carries the reader along breathlessly until the last page. This is a remarkable book, both as a human document, and also as a brilliant, apocalyptic novel that stands with such works as Catch 22 and The Naked and The Dead.