Yeah, the idea that great literature is great because it has a bunch of secret messages encoded in it is as crazy as Gravity's Rainbow and kills a lot of people

Yeah, the idea that great literature is great because it has a bunch of secret messages encoded in it is as crazy as Gravity's Rainbow and kills a lot of people's interest in literary fiction. Funny enough GR does have a bunch of secret messages (Tyrone Slothrop -> Sloth Or Entropy), but they aren't why the book is good (closer to why the book is bad) and aren't necessary to enjoy it.