How late it was, how late

I didn't know that this Booker winner from 1984 had generated so much controversy. (Don't go looking on the web, unless you want to run into spoilers...)

Just finished reading it in two short bursts between yesterday and today, although I had started on it, few months ago. Absolutely spaced out book - otherwise termed a stream of consciousness book!

The tale is that of Sammy - one-time convict who wakes up one day, bruised and blind after a two day binge-out.


My verdict is that it is still a little vague despite feeling like a wet English movie whose ending someone stole away before you began seeing it. Marks if any, for leaving you feeling all wet (due to the Scottish countryside description) and woozy (due to the pervasive uneasiness in the book). So much for experimental writing.