I never did get around to the miniseries. It came out within months of me finishing the book. I meant to, but it just never came together I guess.

Dense is definitely a word I'd use to describe the book. Also, meandering. It kinda moseys along at its own pace, bits of story here, background there, and all of it matters. I personally loved the footnotes, even the ones that took up full pages on their own. The story was great, but it's one of those books that I'm not sure I'll ever have the urge to read again.