127 b51ef233-c560-4b8a-a30f-0ac25b8d9a7e Infinite Jest David Foster Wallace calibre (0.9.4) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 1996-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 <div><p>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, <em>Infinite Jest</em> 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.<br></p><p>Set in a drug-and-alcohol addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, this epic comedy by the author of The Girl with Curious Hair snowballs farce, drug abuse, heartbreak, advertising, tennis, philosophy, math, slapstick humor, and profound drama in a story that is never less than edge-of-your-seat compelling. </p></div> Back Bay Books w/infinite-jest-david-foster-wallace/1100293991 9780316073851 6989309 eng Azizex666 Humour Philosophy Contemporary Science Fiction Classics