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Infinite Jest (20th Anniversary Edition)
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Infinite Jest (20th Anniversary Edition) Paperback - 2016

by David Foster Wallace; Foreword by Tom Bissell


About this book

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace is a complex and sprawling novel that explores a dystopian future where entertainment has reached extreme levels of addiction and obsession. Set in a near-future North America that is comprised of Mexico, the US and Canada, the story revolves around the Enfield Tennis Academy and a halfway house located in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, and divided by a hillside. A mysterious film titled Infinite Jest is rumored to be so entertaining that it drives viewers insane. The narrative weaves together various storylines, delving into themes of addiction, depression, loneliness, and the search for meaning in a fragmented and chaotic world. Wallace's intricate prose, extensive footnotes, and dark humor challenge readers while offering a profound exploration of contemporary society's struggles and desires. Infinite Jest was considered by Time Magazine as one of the TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.

From the publisher

This deluxe paperback edition -- featuring flaps, new cover art, and a new foreword by Tom Bissell -- celebrates the 20th anniversary of the original publication of Infinite Jest. 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.

First Edition Identification

The first edition of Infinite Jest was published by Little, Brown in 1996. The original price was $29.95 and it was 1079 pages long. The blue paper boards were stamped in silver on the spine, and the original dust jacket had eight reviews with William Vollmann's name misspelled as Vollman rather than Vollmann. First Edition is stated on the copyright page along with the full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Signed copies of Infinite Jest's first edition can be sold for up to several thousand USD.

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  • Title Infinite Jest (20th Anniversary Edition)
  • Author David Foster Wallace; Foreword by Tom Bissell
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition -20th Anniversar
  • Pages 1104
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Back Bay Books, New York
  • Date 2016-02
  • ISBN 9780316306058 / 0316306053
  • Weight 2.38 lbs (1.08 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.35 x 6.2 x 2.15 in (23.75 x 15.75 x 5.46 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Humorous fiction, Compulsive behavior
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006934927
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

David Foster Wallace wrote the novels Infinite Jest, The Broom of the System, and The Pale King, and the story collections Oblivion, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, and Girl with Curious Hair. His nonfiction includes Consider the Lobster, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Everything and More, and This Is Water. He died in 2008.
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