Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace

'A writer of virtuostic talents who can seemingly do anything' New York Times n n 'Wallace is a superb comedian of culture . . .

his exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight' James Woods, Guardian n n 'He induces the kind of laughter which, when read in bed with a sleeping partner, wakes said sleeping partner up . . .

He's damn good' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian n n 'One of the best books about addiction and recovery to appear in recent memory' Sunday Times n n Somewhere in the not-so-distant future the residents of Ennet House, a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts, and students at the nearby Enfield Tennis Academy are ensnared in the search for the master copy of INFINITE JEST, a movie said to be so dangerously entertaining its viewers become entranced and expire in a state of catatonic bliss . . .

n n 'Wallace's exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight, and he has deep things to say about the hollowness of contemporary American pleasure . . .

sentences and whole pages are marvels of cosmic concentration . . .

Wallace is a superb comedian of culture' n James Wood, GUARDIAN n