Yes, I've read it twice, it's fun, actually not very heavy at all. Yes parts of it you may not fully understand (I remember being lost once or twice), but he gi

Yes, I've read it twice, it's fun, actually not very heavy at all. Yes parts of it you may not fully understand (I remember being lost once or twice), but he gives a nice gloss if you don't understand all the technical details and it covers a lot of ground. It's more a layperson's overview of lots of subjects than a serious academic work, but is all the more powerful for that. My favourite bits were a dialogue on the six part ricercar and a piece of music that can shake the player to pieces, it's full of playful but profound little ideas, definitely worth reading.