Mark Barnes - the philosophical approach to his RS

[Ray]

I have to agree that ZAMM is very overrated.  The degree of his self-absorbed ego is exemplified on one of the last pages when he finally realizes (after 1500 miles?), that his young son has been staring at the middle of his back all this time, and perhaps this is why he hadn't been so thrilled to be on the trip with dad. 

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Tough raising a child with a brain like that. 

I'll always give Pirsig credit for trying; I consider any trip on 2 wheels therapeutic for what ails us in modern society - even if the view forward is limited....

Although the younger Pirsig (Chris) tragically died some years later, I'd like to think his emotional problems were delayed a bit by a motorcycle and the dad who rode it.