Infinite jest 7 editions

Cover of: Infinite jest by David Foster Wallace

About the Book

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.

Subjects

Fiction, Compulsive behavior, Addicts, Tennis, OverDrive, Protected DAISY

Excerpts

I am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies.

added anonymously.

Classifications

Dewey

813/.54

7 editions First published in 1996

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Edition	Read	Borrow	Buy
January 1, 1996, Little Brown & Co (Juv Trd) Infinite Jest Paperback		Physical copy via WorldCat	Alibris Amazon AbeBooks Biblio.com Book Depository Powells
February 1, 1997, Back Bay Books Infinite Jest Paperback in English - 1st Paperback Ed edition		Physical copy via WorldCat	Alibris Amazon AbeBooks Biblio.com Book Depository Powells
February 1997, Tandem Library Infinite Jest Unknown Binding in English		Physical copy via WorldCat	Alibris Amazon AbeBooks Biblio.com Book Depository Powells
June 5, 1997, Abacus Infinite Jest Paperback - New Ed edition		Physical copy via WorldCat	Alibris Amazon AbeBooks Biblio.com Book Depository Powells
2006, Back Bay Books Infinite jest in English - Back Bay 10th anniversary pbk. ed		Physical copy via WorldCat	Alibris Amazon AbeBooks Biblio.com Book Depository Powells
November 13, 2006, Back Bay Books Infinite Jest Paperback in English - 10 Anv edition	DAISY	Physical copy via WorldCat	Alibris Amazon AbeBooks Biblio.com Book Depository Powells
2009, Little, Brown and Company Infinite Jest E-book in English		eBook, local library via OverDrive

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February 5, 2013	Edited by Anand Chitipothu	Removed "Accessible Book" subject as it doesn't have a public readable scan.
February 19, 2012	Edited by Oliver	merge authors
October 13, 2011	Edited by EdwardBot	remove duplicate authors
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