Paul Auster. Oracle Night. 2003.

Effortless, pure, disappointing in the perfection with which it strings together recognizable phrases maintaining a consistent level of abstraction. The use of long footnotes, while logical, undermines the melody. Why not include that information in the body of the text, or find a creative use of footnotes? Shaggy dog metafiction. Doesn't answer what it asks, instead substitutes contrived violence for an ending. Yet delectable. Smooth as milk, the flavor of a well-tempered paragraph.