false 58010814 39076 75786 0316066524 9780316066525 232 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170880755m/75786.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170880755s/75786.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75786.Infinite_Jest 4.29 870 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.]]> 4339 4.01 22306 3666 1996 5 0 false Thu Sep 17 01:25:21 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 19:47:28 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 01:25:21 -0700 2009