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Infinite Jest - Paperback By Wallace, David Foster

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Very good: A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious ...
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ISBN
9780316066525

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316066524
ISBN-13
9780316066525
eBay Product ID (ePID)
54333671

Product Key Features

Edition
10
Book Title
Infinite Jest
Number of Pages
1104 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Classics, Literary, Humorous / General, Sports
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Fiction
Author
David Foster Wallace
Format
Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height
1.9 in
Item Weight
36.4 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-934927
Reviews
"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
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
FIC
Synopsis
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., 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. With a foreword by Tom Bisell. "The next step in fiction...Edgy, accurate, and darkly witty...Think Beckett, think Pynchon, think Gaddis. Think." -- Sven Birkerts, The Atlantic
LC Classification Number
PS3573.A425635I54

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  • by 2BcZNiA1Q16@Deleted
    01 Jun, 2017Top favourable review

    No kidding

    This book about addiction, entertainment and compulive behavior should have a warning label that it is itself addictive while also intelligence inducing. At about 1000 pages, it gives a person a feeling that they have a large stash but I recommend pacing oneself, such as reserving it for a month of Sundays rather than the solid month spent doing little but reading described by the writer of the forward.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: Nrfc2-V5TmG@Deleted

  • by ZMPyINLZSK2@Deleted
    30 Jul, 2019

    Long but worth the effort methinks.

    Reading this book to the very end is on my life bucket list. Could have gotten from library but it’s a huge book. Best read over time. Sad this author committed suicide. He had a great mind.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: valleys_books_andmore

  • by snappergeister
    05 Jul, 2021

    My favorite book of all time. along with Gravity's Rainbow.

    Read it before, in 1990.. Lost my copy, so bought this one to read again and see if it still reesonantes.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: goodwillrs

  • by cwtrex
    14 Feb, 2018

    A great read

    But keep a dictionary handy as the author has an expansive vocabulary

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale

  • by techbook01
    27 Jul, 2021

    A book I cannot put down

    Extraordinary value. $5 for a $35 book. Near new condition (probably only read once before by a book loving / respecting reader). Great book. Much fun. David Foster Wallace at his comical best (... may he rest in peace).

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: ecplan

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