Carpenter's Gothic

After reading the beginning of the book "Carpenter's Gothic", by William Gaddis, it was very difficult to understand who was who or who was speaking .Although I haven't read must of the novel so far I can say that the story is about a Vietnam war . One of the character who goes by Liz , her husband Paul which is a Vietnam War veteran. From the few pages I have read the author use alto of dialogue. I believe he choose to tell the story in a dialogue way because he wanted to moves the story forward in a more straight way than having a narrator voice, he wanted to fit a voice with the characters. Nevertheless it seems like Paul wife also has a past similar to his. Paul the veteran who is married to Liz Booth, plan on leaving and going to Washington D, however Paul wasn't happy which results in a augment between the two. While trying to read the book I was also trying to understand what was really taking place , I thought because I only had a few minutes to read the book in the Library maybe that's why it was difficult on some levels, but as I continue to read i realized that the characters goes of topic a little make it more difficult to understand. For example Paul could be taking to this wife and the next minute he talk about something else. On the other hand I feel if I continue read the novel along with class discussions I would get a better understanding.