The Gold Machine: Tracking the Ancestors from Highlands to Coffee Colony

Halfway through. Barely to Peru. Obnoxiously affected writing. Was looking forward to this based on the reviews. Sinclair is trying to be Sebald, Conrad and Jung all in one. A few interesting facts every few pages amidst a lot of overly-self conscious ruminating. Slogging through in hopes that the Amazon trip will be better, if we ever get there.