Hmm. . . issues of fame, art, family, history this book had a lot more to it than I expected. I laughed occasionally at its insights but wasn't really blown away by the book. Still, read it in one sitting, so there was something moving it along. 
 I enjoyed the characters of Tucker and Annie. I don't think you're supposed to particularly "like" Duncan though I've known people like him. I'm not sure I'd like Tucker in real life, either, but he makes an interesting, flawed, character. 
 So many people afraid of the future, harnessed to the past.