This book was recommended by a friend and I have to say that it was one of the most interesting books I had ever read. I loved the narrative structure which had a main story surround short stories purportedly by (and usually about) one of the characters in the novel. The goings-on get pretty gruesome -- it's about a group of aspiring writers who are kept in a writer's retreat but run out of food -- but each story within the story had me wanting more. Warning: the first short story is one of the toughest things I have ever read, and is akin to a bad car crash that you can't look away from. If you make it past that one, everything else seems like lighthearted fun in comparison (even though the main story and some of the short stories are pretty tough reads themselves).
I had purchased an Audiobook version on iTunes to "re-read" certain parts, but listening to it didn't have the same visceral impact as reading it did; in fact I found my mind wandering in parts. I haven't listened to a lot of audiobooks, so perhaps this is a skill that I haven't yet mastered. At any rate, I would recommend the book over the audiobook due to the way the printed word registers.
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