Infinite Jest, (Paperback)

from browner56

This is an exhausting, stimulating, infuriating, and altogether remarkable book. It is a story about addiction, to both traditional substances (e.g., alcohol, drugs) as well as some unexpected ones (e.g, tennis, information). Wallace has imagined a very near-term future-one, in fact, that we're a...

from EnriqueFreeque

I am obsessed with Infinite Jest. If Infinite Jest were a bowling score (bingo!) it would be 300. Perfect! When the 10 year, $10 anniversary edition of IJ came out with the intro by David Eggers, I had to buy it even though the copy I possessed (I don't own Inifinite Jest or have a copy of Infini...

from davidabrams

There's a lot in David Foster Wallace's head. Whether it's the algebraic formula comparing a military arsenal to the number of combatants or the chemical formula of hallucinogens, Wallace comes across as one smart guy. Every page of his mammoth novel Infinite Jest contains enough cerebral spillag...

from Donna828

Wow! What a book. After 1,079 pages of brilliant and darkly witty writing, I am left almost speechless. What to say about a book that challenges, entertains, and consumes hours of reading time? David Foster Wallace's working subtitle for Infinite Jest was "A Failed Entertainment." He's referring ...

from lriley

I don't think I've ever taken as long to read a book as this one. Probably close to 2 + months. War and Peace probably clocked in somewhere over 1 month and Finnegan's Wake I'd say about a month. If just comparing them give me Infinite Jest every time. Let's put it this way--IJ is the 20th centur...