Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers

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Back Bay Books
13 November 2006

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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.

By: David Foster Wallace
Foreword by: Dave Eggers
Imprint: Back Bay Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 44mm
Weight: 1.140kg
ISBN: 9780316066525
ISBN 10: 0316066524
Pages: 1079
Publication Date: 13 November 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Infinite Jest

A virtuoso display of styles and themes...There is generous intelligence and authentic passion on every page. --Time A work of genius...grandly ambitious, wickedly comic, a wild, surprisingly readable tour de force. --Seattle Times Uproarious...Infinite Jest shows off Wallace as one of the big talents of his generation, a writer of virtuosic talents who can seemingly do anything. --Michiko Kakutani, New York Times