also read in Nov. 2009 
 Oh no; it's gotten to the point now where I can't remember some of the GNs I've read. This one felt vaguely familiar once I got to the information that the protagonist's brother had trepanned himself. I enjoyed this more in 2016 than 2009, apparently. The sad little oddities shop at the heart of the story appeals to me even more now than it used to.