Pirsig figured it out. He didn't have a perfect way to pass on the ideas, but he made a definite advance in metaphysics and ethics, and we're still chewing on h

Pirsig figured it out. He didn't have a perfect way to pass on the ideas, but he made a definite advance in metaphysics and ethics, and we're still chewing on his insights today. Pirsig wrote only two books, and this, the first book, is the more important of the two to the typical layperson.