Thinking back, I thought I had read this in my early twenties, but it turns out I was about 29 when it was published, and probably in my thirties when I read it (in paperback). I have just downloaded it into my Audible library and am adding it to an increasingly long list of 'books to get round to' (in this case again. There aren't enough minutes in the day! PS Utz [1988] (read about the same time) will probably also be revisited...