Well worth it the two months it took me to get through it. It’s not a difficult read ... the moment to moment brilliance of the sentences, and some unforgettable human episodes, easily make up for the inconsistency of it all.


Favorites:
* Don Gately
* Alcoholics / narcotics anonymous
* Lenz and the dogs
* JOI’s father’s monologue
* “Bob Hope”, “unmapped”, and other terms invented by DFW
* The Hal/Stice tennis match description

Not so good
AFR, ONAN, the Gentle administration and everything else to do with politics
Marathe and Steeply


And the fact that The Decemberists staged an eschaton for a music video makes them the coolest/nerdiest band of all time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJpfK7l404I