I am only about half way finished with it, but with every chapter I finish, I can sense that Beware of Pity is creeping higher and higher on my list of favorite novels. It is presently up in the realm of Stoner and Strangers on a Train and might finish beside The Road and Till We Have Faces.
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 