I just got around to reading this (free copy from work), and my thoughts are
here. Or, if you don't want to go there...
I really enjoyed this. I don't think the whole anti-American bit was very big - though maybe I just missed it. That angle certainly could have been played up much, much more. Instead, it kind of deals with the break-down of the American dream, which is, I think, far more interesting territory.
And I'm about to post in the Darkmans thread...