DeLillo captures something remarkable here. The nihilism, the greed, the power, the unreasonable chaos of capitalism and consumerism. It is a strange book; the main character is difficult to understand and root for, much like the forces he has 'mastered'. He, at times, seems to pursue the most base carnal desires but other times follows the most rational course. While he seeks balance, it is in the asymmetrical that we find the path of the story and his life. The story is packed within one day, but we see the ramifications of the unyielding market, a prophetically accurate "Occupy Wall Street", relationships form and crumble, crumble and form, people come full circle only in a deterministic conclusion. There is a lot in the short book, one that certainly is important and meaningful.