I mostly read non-fiction but I was looking for some new fiction to engage with and a number of people were most insistant I start with this book. Opinions?

Model project 'Palate Cleanser'. As a long time armor model builder in the midst of a slump, it was suggested I try something new. So, a derelict British OO scale shunter locomotive diorama, complete with junk and an unwanted statue of Winston Churchill