This is my first time reading a book on the "The Obscure Cities" series and I loved it. The art and the story were unique and intriguing.
The authors worked on the book in the mid-eighties and contacted Orson Welles to base the main character likeness on him! This is probably one of the last Welles collaborations in any medium before he passed away in 1985.
But this is just anecdotal, the main appeal of the book is the art, heavily inspired by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, a famous Venetian architect from the 18th century who was known by his “Imaginary Prisons" etchings.
I am happy that I discovered these series and I am looking forward to keep reading them.
yes, that was my experience from reading the first four or so