[...] you must forgive me, because in every story of obsession there is only one character, only one plot. I am writing about myself alone, it's all I know, and for this reason I have always failed in every love, which is to say at the very heart of my life. This is one of those books that leave you speechless after you close the covers. While it was incredibly easy and enjoyable to read, it feels difficult to describe and impossible to review afterwards. But I'm determined to try... as always. :) In a Strange Room was shortlisted for the Booker Prize last year, so (although it didn't win) I knew I could expect something good. In a nutshell, the novel tells about one man (who Has No House ) and his three journeys. These three journeys are separate, kind of like three individual short stories within the novel. The main character/narrator travelling in these stories is a South African man called Damon (so by implication he is also the author?), who is a man without a hom...