{"product_id":"infinite-jest-9780316920049","title":"Infinite Jest","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, \u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, \u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The next step in fiction...Edgy, accurate, and darkly witty...Think Beckett, think Pynchon, think Gaddis. Think.\" --Sven Birkerts, The Atlantic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316920049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.51h x 6.31w x 2.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/1995 pg. 1666\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/27\/1995 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1996 pg. 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/03\/1996 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/16\/1996 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1996 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2006 pg. 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Foster Wallace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636331376796,"sku":"9780316920049","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a2241131-8a78-4ed0-a12e-fc09a0801d6b.jpg?v=1603841631","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/infinite-jest-9780316920049","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}