![]() ![]() He drops in fragments of stories that tie into other events later on in the novel. Wallace uses a mixture of high erudition and colloquial language, along with endnotes (not footnotes at the bottom of the page, but notes at the end of the book). ![]() Some of the plotlines and back stories and tangents are a bit sketchy, but the writing is compelling even when Wallace is satirizing the evolution of the video-phone industry in the near future. I kept reading because of the high caliber of the writing. What kept me reading a book for all that time? What is the book about? If I started it on October 1, (in retrospect I should have noted down the actual date I started), and I finished it February 18, then it took a little over four and a half months to read the whole thing. ![]() And I finally finished it on February 18, 2009. So I read this thing on public transport, in doctor’s waiting rooms, at home in my chair, on the john - all of the great reading spots. Instead of getting in a car and driving, and filling my time listening to some drivel on the radio, I can travel and enjoy great literature at the same time. Plus, it makes commuting quality time for me. I have the ability to tune out everything around me and just focus on the book I’m reading, so I can read on the bus or train. My favorite place to read is on public transportation. I began to sense there is something not quite right with him, or with the world he lives in. It started with this kid (Hal Incandenza, maybe the protagonist) on an interview at the University of Arizona for a tennis scholarship. Undaunted, I picked up the book and was immediately captivated. Not too many people write thousand-pagers, much less read them. ![]() there was this big, fat book waiting for me. I was in France at the time, and when I got back to the U.S. I had ordered the book from after hearing of David Foster Wallace’s death. I began reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace around October 2008. ![]()
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