{"product_id":"infinite-jest-isbn-9780316066525","title":"Infinite Jest","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America, with a foreword by Tom Bissell.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“To my mind, there have been two great American novels in the past fifty years. \u003ci\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/i\u003e is one; this is the other.” —Stephen King, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\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, Infinite Jest 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, Infinite Jest 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 renews the idea of what a novel can do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Uproarious ... \u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/i\u003e shows off Wallace as one of the big talents of his generation, a writer … who can seemingly do anything.” ―\u003cb\u003eMichiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The next step in fiction ... Edgy, accurate, and darkly witty ... Think Beckett, think Pynchon, think Gaddis. Think.” \u003cb\u003e—Sven Birkerts, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine’s “100 Best Novels” (1923—2005)\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891135738085,"sku":"NP9780316066525","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9aeef0a6-d291-4a62-9559-ab0100ad6eb2.jpg?v=1773084012","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/infinite-jest-isbn-9780316066525","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}