Okay, I enjoyed this book, I liked the characters but as read further into the novel, I found myself wanting more of Herbert Badgery's story. About three quarters of the way, I get bogged into a whole heap of characters that I neither cared about or want to know. I was intrigued by Herbert and I found this massive slab of his story just disappeared as I was taken along to the story about his son and then grandson.
Parts of the book moved into the surreal with people living in cages and just decaying away before our eyes in their own madness.
The opening part of this book gripped me and I really thought I was going to be taken along on the greatest ride by a great Australian con-man but I only half got that story.
It will not stop me reading more Carey because I do enjoy the topics he tackles.