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Infinite Jest
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Start date
January 19, 2014
Finish date
August 10, 2014

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Mary Moore
I wanted to throw this book out the window. After reading the publicity stunt the publisher pulled of "are you reader enough," I was able to see past the "literary high ground" and realize this tome is a pretentious overwritten piece of work that is just laughing at all the people that took it seriously.

Whether Wallace is a genius or just egoist I can't decide.

Most interesting is David Egger's original review. "Besides frequently losing itself in superfluous and wildly tangential flights of lex
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