Infinite jest : a novel /
Wallace, David Foster,
Infinite jest : a novel / David Foster Wallace ; foreword by Tom Bissell. - Back Bay 20th anniversary paperback edition. - xv, 1079 pages ; 23 cm
A spoof on our culture featuring a drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation house near Boston. The center becomes a hotbed of revolutionary activity by Quebec separatists in revolt against the Organization of North American Nations which now rules the continent. "Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring one of the most endearingly screwed-up families in contemporary fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to 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."--Front flip.
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Compulsive behavior--Fiction.
Addicts--Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Families--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Dominance (Psychology)--Fiction.
Motion pictures--Fiction.
Tennis stories.
Humorous fiction.
Infinite jest : a novel / David Foster Wallace ; foreword by Tom Bissell. - Back Bay 20th anniversary paperback edition. - xv, 1079 pages ; 23 cm
A spoof on our culture featuring a drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation house near Boston. The center becomes a hotbed of revolutionary activity by Quebec separatists in revolt against the Organization of North American Nations which now rules the continent. "Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring one of the most endearingly screwed-up families in contemporary fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to 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."--Front flip.
9780316306058 0316306053 0316066524 9780316066525 9780316920049 0316920045
2006934927
Compulsive behavior--Fiction.
Addicts--Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Families--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Dominance (Psychology)--Fiction.
Motion pictures--Fiction.
Tennis stories.
Humorous fiction.