'The book of Dave' is the latest offering from Will Self, having got some 178 pages into it I can say that it is a 'clever' book. In saying that,I hope that I have managed to convey a description and an opinion in my usual, erudite but damning, way.
I would say that it is clever in the same way that the music of Emerson Lake and Palmer was clever in the 70's. Technically, a tour de force, interesting concepts and ideas and all that with some bits that appeal to my juvenile smararsedness, ultimately vacuous.