Infinite Jest
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Published:5th Jun '97
Should be back in stock very soon
* 'Ambitious, accomplished, deeply humorous, brilliant and witty and moving. A literary sensation' INDEPENDENT * With a new foreword by Dave Eggers
'Ambitious, accomplished, deeply humorous, brilliant and witty and moving. A literary sensation' Independent
With a foreword by Dave Eggers
'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 . . .
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 *
ISBN: 9780349121086
Dimensions: 195mm x 131mm x 50mm
Weight: 760g
1104 pages