Infinite Jest

By (author) David Foster Wallace; By (author) Foster Wallace, David
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''Ambitious, accomplished, deeply humorous, brilliant and witty and moving. A literary sensation'' Independent

With a foreword by Dave Eggers

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''A writer of virtuostic talents who can seemingly do anything'' New York Times

''Wallace is a superb comedian of culture . . . his exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight'' James Wood, Guardian

''He induces the kind of laughter which, when read in bed with a sleeping partner, wakes said sleeping partner up . . . He''s damn good'' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian

''One of the best books about addiction and recovery to appear in recent memory'' Sunday Times

Somewhere in the not-so-distant future the residents of Ennet House, a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts, and students at the nearby Enfield Tennis Academy are ensnared in the search for the master copy of Infinite Jest, a movie said to be so dangerously entertaining its viewers become entranced and expire in a state of catatonic bliss . . .

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A writer of virtuostic talents who can seemingly do anything
Review quote:
Wallace is a superb comedian of culture . . . his exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight
Review quote:
He induces the kind of laughter which, when read in bed with a sleeping partner, wakes said sleeping partner up . . . He''s damn good
Review quote:
One of the best books about addiction and recovery to appear in recent memory.
Biographical note:
David Foster Wallace is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Lannan Award for Fiction, the Paris Review''s Aga Kahn Prize and John Train Prize for Humour, and the O. Henry Award.
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* ''Ambitious, accomplished, deeply humorous, brilliant and witty and moving. A literary sensation'' INDEPENDENT * With a new foreword by Dave Eggers
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A writer of virtuostic talents who can seemingly do anything - NEW YORK TIMES

Wallace is a superb comedian of culture . . . his exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight - James Woods, GUARDIAN

He induces the kind of laughter which, when read in bed with a sleeping partner, wakes said sleeping partner up . . . He''s damn good - Nicholas Lezard, GUARDIAN

One of the best books about addiction and recovery to appear in recent memory. - SUNDAY TIMES