Sylvia's Lovers Book

I really kind of hate this book. I can honestly say I have never hated a main character/narrator more than I hate Anthony. Much of the novel left me with a dirty, deeply uncomfortable feeling, like a roach was crawling up my spine. So why two stars instead of one? Because Marsh was an interesting character, the one I will remember from the book (I hope to expunge the others from mind as quickly as possible-I am seriously in need of some metaphorical brain-bleach) and the author made some powerful points about the modern world and modern war. For while I would like to think that the soullessness, ennui, and putrid lack of empathy that ooze through this novel are merely elements of fiction, sadly I know better.