This book reminded me very much of Cloud Atlas: the changing narrators, styles and time periods, including a chapter set in the future.
You have to keep your wits about you, as the points of view and time frame changes from chapter to chapter with no preamble. However, the same characters come back time and again in different configurations.
It also reminded me of Black Swan Green, another David Mitchell book, because each chapter can be read on its own, like a collection of short stories.
Set in America, the story broadly follows the lives of Bennie, a music entrepreneur, and his assistant Sasha, their brushes with celebrities and their successes and failures.
I enjoyed the style of this book, but was not particularly moved by it.
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