David Foster Wallace's Infinite jest: a reader's guide Stephen Burn
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group

As I said For me I think David Foster Wallace has the ability to take something like substance addiction , recovery programs, depression, abuse, death, relationships, popular entertainment and even tennis and look at it in a very careful way. But I never completely quit once I start. You will need to keep notes and it might even be a good idea to get a study guide because this book will take you on a very interesting ride. Swapping lecture theatre dread for tutorial group Most David Foster Wallace fans have a self-mortifying attitude that goes something like this: “I don't feel I'm even close to understanding Infinite Jest, but I don't want to think that's deliberate. The Infinite Jest Reading Challenge | Gather . So instead of menacing the reader in the old Joycean way, Wallace chums it up whenever the technical stuff appears, acting like he really doesn't mean to discourage anyone. Infinite Jest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Infinite Jest is a 1996 novel by David Foster Wallace.. Over the holidays I took my third crack at Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (all my posts on DFW) and made it 800 pages. Books | Business | Celebs | Entertainment | Family Xlibris, 2005 (Guides to Contemporary Literature series). Up until 2009 I wasn't much of a reader; in fact I didn't read much in my life at all. David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest is his most challenging work to read.. The reader's point of view is from Bernadette Fox's daughter Bee who is a genius child and wants nothing more than to. David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: A Reader's Guide. I have a very bad habit: I start books and don't finish them.