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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Infinite Jest is considered by some to be the best American novel since Gravity's Rainbow but it's a notoriously difficult read. I have it on my nook, but I haven't started it, and probably won't in that format, because it makes copious use of endnotes, which would be a huge pain in the ass on an e-reader.
I wouldn't recommend jumping into that right away. A lot of graduate students are going to struggle with a postmodern, allusion-heavy text like that.
Start with some of his short stories and see if you like those. I've had students in a contemporary lit class read this one before:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/12/14/all-that-2
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This is about what I figured it would be with David Foster Wallace. I'll definitely look into the short stories to see if I can read him without hurting my brain too much. Thank's man.