Infinite Jest: Book by David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest: 

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Infinite Jest is a 1996 novel by David Foster Wallace. The lengthy and complex work takes place in a semi-parodic future version of North America, and touches on substance addiction recovery programs,  depression, child abuse, family relationships, advertising, popular entertainment, film theory, Quebec separatism, and tennis, among other topics. Wallace was 33 when the novel was published.

The novel includes 388 numbered endnotes (some of which have footnotes of their own) that explain or expand on points in the story. In an interview with Charlie Rose, Wallace characterized them as a method of disrupting the linearity of the text while maintaining some sense of narrative cohesion.

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Published: February 1, 1996

Author: David Foster Wallace

Followed by: The Pale King

Characters: Joelle Van Dyne, Hal Incandenza, Ken Erdedy, Orin Incandenza, Mario Incandenza, Ortho Stice, Avril Incandenza, Michael Pemulis, Geoffrey Day, Randy Lenz, Gerhardt Schtitt, Medical attaché, Poor Tony Krause, Hugh Steeply, Ann Kittenplan, Remy Marathe, Tiny Ewell, U.S.S. Millicent Kent, Dr. James Orin Incandenza, LaMont Chu, Ted Schacht, Pat Montesian, Trevor Axford, John Wayne, Donald W. Gately, Mildred L. Bonk, Dr. Charles Tavis, Harriet Bonk-Green, Lyle, Emil Minty, Jim Troelsch, Bruce Green, Katherine Ann Gompert, Clenette Henderson

Genres: Satire, Fiction, Postmodernism, Science Fiction, Tragicomedy, Speculative fiction

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