7/7/2023 0 Comments Wallace infinite jest![]() ![]() Wallace were less talented, you would be inclined to shoot him - or possibly yourself - somewhere right around page 480 of ''Infinite Jest.'' In fact, you might anyway.Īlternately tedious and effulgent, ''Infinite Jest'' is set in the near future, specifically in the Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment, which would seem to be about 18 years from now. Wallace's collection of stories, ''Girl With Curious Hair,'' and, to a lesser extent, of the loose, baggy monster that was his debut novel, ''The Broom of the System,'' which I confess to not finishing. ![]() (Do you suppose Seymour's parents actually read the whole thing?) I had previously been a great admirer of Mr. Reading David Foster Wallace's latest novel, ''Infinite Jest,'' I couldn't help thinking at times about 7-year-old Seymour Glass's book-length ''letter'' home from camp, published in The New Yorker in 1965 as ''Hapworth 16, 1924.'' I felt a similar feeling of admiration alloyed with impatience veering toward strained credulity. ![]()
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