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David Foster Wallace's Infinite jest: a reader's guide Stephen Burn
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group

So that was the mood I started off in as a reader. Tagged: a supposedly fun thing I'll never do again, david foster wallace, fyodor dostoevsky, generalizations of otherwise idiosyncratic preferences, Great Writers, in memoriam, Infinite Jest, ripping off david foster wallace, .. So instead of menacing the reader in the old Joycean way, Wallace chums it up whenever the technical stuff appears, acting like he really doesn't mean to discourage anyone. So was Jack Kerouac, who called him Dusty, and so are generations of readers, who, like actor/writer Stephen Fry, put him foremost among those great writers who were “not to be bowed down before and worshipped, but embraced and Enter David Foster Wallace. That is not the way I'm always able to read. I gave myself over to Infinite Jest and put myself in David Foster Wallace's hands. David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: A Reader's Guide by Stephen Burn. Swapping lecture theatre dread for tutorial group Most David Foster Wallace fans have a self-mortifying attitude that goes something like this: “I don't feel I'm even close to understanding Infinite Jest, but I don't want to think that's deliberate. What distinguishes this essay, and most of Wallace's great ones, is not just his argumentative force or illustrative style; he captures the meaning and impact of experiences so well that it inspires readers to think more about their own lives. Cheaper and significantly shorter than the aforementioned study.