Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace
Taste attributes: dramacomedyscience fictionsportsslowfresh & originalunsavouryglossyemotive & stirringself destruction/implosionsocial commentarytroubled leads
Boxlist takeAn unsavoury novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like edge over warmth.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
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...
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- David Foster Wallace
- Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 1104
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- Open Library
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