I thought it was a really ambitious novel that didn't quite live up to its ambitions -- for example, the ending, while poignant and "surprising but inevitable," as they say, was a bit too abrupt for me. I would have liked to see more of a denouement, especially around Elizabeth Worthington.

One part that stays with me is Westerby's travel through Vietnam and a few other countries (maybe Thailand, Cambodia, Laos?) -- vivid, atmospheric, chilling, suspenseful -- just stunning.