Infinite jest : a novel / David Foster Wallace ; foreword by Tom Bissell
- Author
- Wallace, David Foster
- Published
- New York : Back Bay Books, 1997.
- Copyright Date
- ©1996
- Edition
- First Bay Back paperback edition.
- Physical Description
- xv, 1,079 pages ; 23 cm
- Additional Creators
- Bissell, Tom, 1974-
- Summary
- Taking place in a North American dystopia, and centering on a junior tennis academy and a nearby substance-abuse recovery center, this novel touches on many topics, including addiction and recovery, suicide, family relationships, entertainment and advertising, film theory, U.S. and Canada relations (as well as Quebec separatism), and tennis. The book 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.
A spoof on our culture featuring a drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation house near Boston. The center becomes a hotbed of revolutionary activity by Quebec separatists in revolt against the Organization of North American Nations which now rules the continent. - Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780316066525 (paperback)
0316066524 (paperback) - Note
- Foreword copyright ©2016 by Tom Bissell.
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