I'd be very interested to learn what a better-informed reader thinks of Thomas's PopCo. I read it because I very much enjoyed her later The End of Mr. Y. Both books have a rather encyclopedic sprawl, a sense that the novel is about *everything*, which I like. PopCo includes a code that readers can crack if so inclined, but ends satisfactorily enough if one chooses not to accept the challenge. And there's a cake recipe and list of prime numbers. Also, Thomas seems to have adapted the guarded narration of Marks's memoir (which I have just now added to my Goodreads queue). Her narrator's life has long revolved around a huge secret, and smaller, more personal ones, so the info feels parceled out carefully, though not coyly.

I saw in the wikipedia entry for Marks that he wrote the script for Peeping Tom! Such a clever movie about voyeurism and the male gaze.

I love "Llamas with Hats," but truthfully, I will never look at llamas the same way again.