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.
Product details
Publisher : Back Bay Books; Anniversary edition (November 13, 2006)
Language : English
Paperback : 1079 pages
ISBN-10 : 0316066524
ISBN-13 : 978-0316066525
Item Weight : 2.42 pounds
Dimensions : 6 x 1.88 x 9.25 inches
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#890 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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