This allegory of the fall of British rule in Ireland's War of Independance in the 19-teens was an odd, engaging, frustrating book. It has echoes The Master and Margrita in its "literature-ness", dark humor, absurdism, and historical touch points. There's a lot happening that I knew *means* something, but I'm not sure what - not knowing nuances of the Irish revolution post-1916. I'll have to go read a deep dive on this book now. But as "literature", it's an interesting, weird, slow, yet engaging story.