I was really looking forward to this. It deals with some really interesting ideas - most notably the battle between rationality and missing out on the magic of life. However, it also deals with a bunch of modern real issues (such as the refugee crisis, and the turmoil in parts of the middle east) without a huge amount of sensitivity. It also ends in quite an unsatisfactory manner.
Absolutely fantastic - impossible to put down. This book is packed with righteous anger and pulls no punches. The book was published in 1975 and ends with a meta-reference to the book within the book. The characters predict that their children will not understand what this book is talking about - but that's OK - that would mean they've won. Sadly, we are their children, and the book is all too relevant today.
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