I got great recommendations for this book and decided to read it. 
 It was a totally different novel. 
 Really liked the beginning chapters,but the interlinking story lost its charm after a while.May be it's me, but I couldn't find the mystery to be believable at all (Those Ermes Marana & Lotaria characters as well,for that matter). 
 The stories(the beginnings of novels,rather) were good though. I liked their titles too..