3.5 stars: I would have given 4 stars if the main character hadn't spent so much time in New York.

Horizontal Position surprised me: I never thought I could enjoy a book with so many brief sentences about riding on buses, planes, and trains. And going to sleep. The line "Horizontal position, sleep" gets a lot of use. Danilov's novel, written as a diary, offers up details, many bland, in the life of a corporate writer who travels quite a bit. I found it oddly fun and winning, despite (or because of?) Danilov's use of repetition and specifics.

(There's more on my blog, here.)
(I read the online/journal edition of the book.) ( )