This book is not like I thought it would be. It almost felt like a murder mystery (though, of course, we know who did it). In parts, it was pretty funny. But mostly, it was a fascinating character study of our main antihero. There were many, many monologues and speeches on the morality of crime, but it was all fascinating stuff. What would drive someone to commit such a horrific act? What is the just punishment? Is he just crazy? There are several other subplots, that all converge into a complicated plot, until eventually all the plots pay off.