infinite jest
An absolute tome of a book, with a simple central thesis:
Get out of your own head. It's lonely in there. Human connection is important.
There's a movie in the book called “Infinite Jest“ whose concept is that if you start watching you can’t stop. David Foster Wallace once said his only great addiction was TV, and that deadly entertainment was a true possibility.
It’s also got a very postmodern non-linear story structure.