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Infinite jest : a novel

Author: David Foster Wallace
Publisher: London Abacus, ©1996. 2016.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : English : Twentieth anniversary editionView all editions and formats
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A spoof on our culture featuring a drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation house near Boston. The center becomes a hotbed of revolutionary activity by Quebec separatists in revolt against the Organization of North American Nations which now rules the continent.
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Genre/Form: Humorous fiction
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Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David Foster Wallace
ISBN: 9780349141923 0349141924
OCLC Number: 949266513
Description: xvii, 1079 pages ; 20 cm.
Responsibility: David Foster Wallace.

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The twentieth anniversary edition of David Foster Wallace's masterpiece, with a new introduction by Tom Bissell.  Read more...

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A writer of virtuostic talents who can seemingly do anything NEW YORK TIMES Wallace is a superb comedian of culture ... his exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight James Woods, GUARDIAN Read more...

 
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