Hit and miss, I preferred the comics and poetry to the written bits. A lot of zen influences throughout and oooh the cat sketches made me miss the family cat who died 2-3 years ago.
Quiet and reflective and you really have to pay a bit more attention. It's more of a collection of short stories than a closely knit narrative so go in without the expectation that all the pieces will knit together except as a collection of Porcellino's work.
Stuff happens, kinda like life :P