Following this trace, Pynchon draws the outline of a degenerating word going from order to disorder and the despairing human beings floundering in it.

• 小说以两个主要人物的活动为轨迹，勾勒出一幅在一个混乱无序、走向物化的社会中、人类在绝望中挣扎的画卷。