Infinite Jest
About this 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.
Reader Profile
4.3/5 · 105452 readers · 1088 pages · ≈ 20 h 09 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Infinite Jest?
About ≈ 20 h 09 m — 1088 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Infinite Jest?
1088 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Infinite Jest?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is Infinite Jest in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Infinite Jest?
David Foster Wallace.