Final judgment As an aesthetic experiment and philosophical probe, "File Xygala" succeeds admirably. It will reward readers who enjoy literary puzzles and those attuned to the politics of documentation. Less patient readers may chafe at its deliberate evasions, but those willing to inhabit its partialities will find it haunting, lucid, and quietly subversive.
Final judgment As an aesthetic experiment and philosophical probe, "File Xygala" succeeds admirably. It will reward readers who enjoy literary puzzles and those attuned to the politics of documentation. Less patient readers may chafe at its deliberate evasions, but those willing to inhabit its partialities will find it haunting, lucid, and quietly subversive.
