Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

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A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in America. Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human - and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do.

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  • Title: Infinite Jest

  • Author: David Foster Wallace

  • Cover Type: Paperback

  • Condition: Very Good

  • Categories: Fiction, Popular Titles

  • Publish Date: 2006

  • Publisher: Back Bay Books

  • ISBN: 9780316921176

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A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in America. Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human - and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do.

Additional Info

  • Title: Infinite Jest

  • Author: David Foster Wallace

  • Cover Type: Paperback

  • Condition: Very Good

  • Categories: Fiction, Popular Titles

  • Publish Date: 2006

  • Publisher: Back Bay Books

  • ISBN: 9780316921176

A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in America. Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human - and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do.

Additional Info

  • Title: Infinite Jest

  • Author: David Foster Wallace

  • Cover Type: Paperback

  • Condition: Very Good

  • Categories: Fiction, Popular Titles

  • Publish Date: 2006

  • Publisher: Back Bay Books

  • ISBN: 9780316921176