Drood

By Dan Simmons. I'm wondering if any of us have read it, if it's shit, etc. Lowdown is more historical fiction like Crook Factory, only featuring the last, mostly insane years of the life of Charles Dickens (Charlie gets fucking crazy after an accident with a train, gets obsessed with shit and writes a book) as related to us by his wash-up opium-smokin' lesser writer friend.

I'm counting on you, /book/.