As the title suggests, DFW's newest collection is not light reading. I had seen some of these bits of short fiction in Harper's over the last year or two, but they fare better in this form, where the various pieces comment on each other. The more I read DFW's work, the more I appreciate what a great achievement Infinite Jest is. It stands as one of my favorite novels. I eagerly await his next novel, though it may be years in the coming.