David Forster Wallace – Infinite jest. A novel - New York, Little, Brown and Company, 1996 – 1079 pp. – Hardcover with dustwrapper – With notes and errata (pp. 983-1079) - 24 x 16 cm * First Edition, first printing, stated with full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 * A scarce first state with 'William Vollman' misspelled on rear panel. - Condition: A little worn on upper spine and upper edges, else good ¶ About the book: 'A gargantuan, mind altering comedy about the Persuit of Happiness in America .... Infinite Jest is the name of a movie said to be so entertaining that anyone who watches it loses all desire to do anything but watch it. People die happily, viewing it in endless repetition. The novel Infinite Jest is the story of this addictive entertainment .... an exploration of essential questions about what entertainment is, and why it has become so dominant in our lives ... the narrative ... is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human - and one of those rare books that renew the very idea of what a novel can do... ' [flap text] * A book from the 1990's that should definitely be counted among the novels that define the era *