Metafictional fairy-tale oddity which weaves the "author's" knowing commentary on the book's events into its corpus. The effect makes for disjointed reading, and as it a result it never quite becomes a page turner. But the characters, including places and the author, are memorable and have considerable tongue-in-cheek charm.Do not skip the introduction on this one. I did and found myself having to flip back once I appreciated the central conceit.
Overall, I'm not sure it's quite as successful as something like Neverending story, but I did enjoy the author's pointed barbs at Hollywood, other authors and their publisher as well as the fairytale story they encompass.
Verdict: Metafictional fun.
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