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About the 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.
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“"I have always wanted to read [this book]."”
Amelia Boone on Infinite Jest
“"Probably one of my favorite books, but I also read it when I was 21."”
Mindy Kaling on Infinite Jest
“"I totally pretended I’d read it because I wanted [Mike Schur] to think I was cool."”
