Stylistically a bit different from the other books of his that I've read. Forgoes some of the lyricism of the other novels for cleverness (not necessarily a bad thing), maybe because Oxford as a subject is fun to be clever about. Maybe not as well-formed as the other novels as a whole (the ruminations on the effects of the past are strong, but flimsier than A Heart So White especially), but still quite enjoyable--I had a good time.