Wallace has written a massive book about addiction, both to controlled substances and to "entertainment". His prose itself is addictive as it parallels the "anti-confluential" style of the "entertainments" created by J. O. Incandenza, the novel's absent pro/antagonist, whose video "Infinite Jest" is the ultimate addictive substance, tapping directly into the pleasure centers of the human brain. Most of the novel's interconnections are revealed (however often in a subtle manner), though I never was able to figure out the connection between Hal and Don Gately. Readers who enjoy Pynchon are likely to enjoy Wallace, though Infinite Jest is perhaps closer to Vineland than to Gravity's Rainbow in both feel and in ultimate reader satisfaction.