I found that really difficult to read. It was as if he spent far too much time hunting for unusual adjectives and nouns.
"each turn in the road reconnoitred in advance", "...the once tedious Mr. Nuttall had been injected with an ebullient charisma", "prostrate yourself before the altar of benumbing technology", "windswept promontory"...
Perhaps an explanation can be found in the that I am merely an unlettered ignoramus too adherent of simpler writing styles.
"each turn in the road reconnoitred in advance", "...the once tedious Mr. Nuttall had been injected with an ebullient charisma", "prostrate yourself before the altar of benumbing technology", "windswept promontory"...
Perhaps an explanation can be found in the that I am merely an unlettered ignoramus too adherent of simpler writing styles.