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  <title><![CDATA[David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: A Reader's Guide (Continuum Contemporaries)]]></title>
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  <original-title>David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: A Reader's Guide (Continuum Contemporaries)</original-title>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I waited two months for this book to be available at the library, so I really had high hopes for it.  Now that I've finished it, I'm not sure if it was really worth all the excitement.  I think when I first put it on a hold, I was still completely confused about Infinite Jest; by the time this book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46865915">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a useful &quot;unpacking&quot; that I read immediately after finishing Infinite Jest. It pointed out several connections that I had missed, and also helped focus my thinking about the novel. The author does stretch a few points that I found implausible, but I would still recommend it to any...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63340542">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Oct 27 21:23:29 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 28 14:08:41 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This came out *just* after I re-read IJ. Had I known this one was on the way, I might have postponed that reading. <br/><br/>This is a surprisingly helpful little books. Despite having read IJ a couple of times, given it some thought, and had some discussions about the book, there were a few major...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8335961">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Feb 02 14:41:07 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[That David Foster Wallace was a brilliant young writer.<br/>The main character of the book is a tennis and lexical<br/>prodigy, who is also addicted to marijuana rosin.  David Foster Wallace committed suicide last year, and it's too easy for a reader to assume that this novel and<br/>the main cha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45177385">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36676476">
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Nov 02 09:10:37 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This seemed like a kind of wandering and dilettantish analysis. There are some telling insights that I'd overlooked, even after reading IJ twice, but many of the author's comments seem far-fetched or reaching. The structure is a bit here and there. The book itself is a bit odd--a kind of elite Cliff...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36676476">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53641518">
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  <date_added>Wed Apr 22 15:23:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't make it past the first paragraph without a pencil. Good Stuff.]]></body>
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    <review id="70998659">
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good book. Too short, though.]]></body>
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    <review id="59468360">
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read this twice now: Once before reading &quot;Infinite Jest&quot; for the second time, and again after reading &quot;Infinite Jest&quot; for the second time. A quick, educated and largely comprehensive analysis that doesn't fall prey to speculations. Definitely worth reading if you've already ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59468360">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2626687">
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A tiny volume about the great big volume. Short and precise -- simply seeing the causality of a few main plot elements in chronological order helped me gain a better appreciation for the structure of Wallace's novel. ]]></body>
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    <review id="30479663">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Oct 08 19:23:01 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This reader's guide, at 90 pages, is brief enough you could knock it out in one sitting and is perfect if you liked the novel but need a little help sorting stuff out.]]></body>
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    <review id="32824114">
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  <date_added>Sat Sep 13 23:46:18 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[1) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/books/14wallace.html?em" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/books/14wallace.html?em">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/books/...</a>  <br/><br/>2) Discuss.<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="11850850">
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  <date_updated>Fri Feb 20 01:05:37 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are better resources available on the internet.]]></body>
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    <review id="50021198">
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good overview of Infinite Jest.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish it was longer.]]></body>
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