Infinite Jest

£16.99

Somewhere in the 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 new edition to celebrate the 30th anniversary of David Foster Wallace's iconic, bestselling novel Infinite Jest – with an introduction by Michelle Zauner, author of Crying in H Mart



'We will likely not see another book like this in our lifetimes' Michelle Zauner, bestselling author of Crying in H Mart and frontwoman for Japanese Breakfast

Tennis prodigy Hal Incandenza and recovering addict Don Gately are consumed by the same obsession: their search for the master copy of Infinite Jest, a movie so entertaining that anyone who watches it loses all desire to do anything else …

'Extraordinary… an astonishing and vast epic of contemporary American culture' Guardian
'Ambitious, accomplished, deeply humorous, brilliant and witty and moving. A literary sensation' Independent
'An exploding star of a novel' Spectator
'A remarkable satire on American entertainment and addiction' Daily Telegraph

Weight 0.76 kg
Dimensions 19.5 × 13.1 × 5 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

1079

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

813.54 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K