Death with Interuptions

The language in the book is lush. The underlying concept is interesting. The author is very perceptive about the social consequences of not dying forever. I thought the post-modern narrator was clever without becoming annoying. It moved the story along as opposed to being in the way. The thing that keeps this from being five stars is that it felt a little like two short stories tacked together. The portion of the book dealing with death as a character is excellent, although I don't really like the ending. It does not, however, really fit with the first part of the novel. It could be that I need to spend more time with the material, or that I just don't appreciate post-modernist writing. It does not cover death's motivation for the actions of the first half of the book, nor does it really follow from what happens in the first half. It could also be that I just feel uncomfortable with the implications of the ending.