@Sprague Dawley apt review! Personally I didn't really care for the stuff about the I Ching, despite how integral it was to the book. Also I'm sure I'm dumb and didn't totally catch onto the symbolism of it, but I didn't really see the point of the jewelry business subplot. I didn't personally find it too bad to get through but was just underwhelmed at the end of it.
Anyone read Black Hole by Bucky Sinister? I recently translated it for a French publisher and really enjoyed it. Not a masterpiece or anything, just a fun, fast-paced story about taking massive amounts of drugs ("massive" as in "Las Vegas Parano is for babies") in post dot-com boom San Francisco. Featuring mini-whales, guns, strippers, real drugs, made-up drugs, Operation Ivy, Gilman Street, etc.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23281526-black-hole
Not related, but the latest two I read & enjoyed were Thomas Pynchon's Vineland (funniest/ easiest one I've read by him so far) and Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte (dark comedy/ satire about millenial angst and identity politics).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199635125-rejection
@SwamiPat I liked how quickly Thee Headcoats were glossed over, Bruce didn't mince any words either.
been putting it off for a minute but looking forward to reading "a man called destrutcion" (chilton bio)