Donald W. Gately

Some of my favorite parts are in here.

And we talked about this a little bit off air, but the Gately parking fiasco, we'll call it, is maybe my favorite part of the book up to this point.

That scene, and I think when we talked about it, I described it as like, that's the...

There is such a realism in how it's written that it feels like...

It's very propulsive for most of it.

Did anything change from your last read through?

No, I just remembered how much I loved the Gately situation.

And it's...

Who are your favorite characters in Infinite Jest?

I think my favorite is Don Gately.

Yeah.

I just love his kind of redemption arc.

Like, I wouldn't want to have to be in a position to shoot somebody.

Right.

But not to get too off topic here, but I think like Don Gately really represented like this is a guy that's just like has a problem.

He's a drug addict.