The Pursuit of the Pankera

I loved Heinlein's so-called juveniles back in high school (admittedly approaching some 50 years ago). His later stuff? Not so much. So when I read that this “parallel novel” to Number of the Beast was more like the author's earlier works, I decided to give it a try. I should have realized from the description that I would have to wade through 150 pages or so of “recent Heinlein” to get to “classic Heinlein”. Just couldn't do it, even with the “classic Heinlein” carrot dangling ahead of me. It's (disappointingly) a DNF for me.