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Tag Archives: Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest: Why spending a boatload of time on this difficult, frustrating book is worth it
A long standing favorite book of mine is David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. I often hesitate to recommend it to people because it is long (1,079 pages!) and difficult (I started and stopped reading it five times before I built up … Continue reading
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