"There are a thousand metaphors and all of them are inadequate" (page 16).

A thousand metaphors is indeed my impression of this book so far. I want to give this book more of a shot, but it is all just going over my head. I don't think I'm smart enough for this book, and I definitely don't know enough of the references in this book to keep following what's going on.

So, I'm DNFing it. It's not a bad book so far, but maybe I should try again reading this ten years from now when I've built up my literary muscles.