Infinite Jest

About the book

A new edition to celebrate the 30th anniversary of David Foster Wallace's iconic, bestselling novel Infinite Jest - with an introduction by Michelle Zauner, author of Crying in H Mart 'We will likely not see another book like this in our lifetimes' Michelle Zauner, bestselling author of Crying in H Mart and frontwoman for Japanese Breakfast Tennis prodigy Hal Incandenza and recovering addict Don Gately are consumed by the same obsession: their search for the master copy of Infinite Jest, a movie so entertaining that anyone who watches it loses all desire to do anything else ... 'Extraordinary... an astonishing and vast epic of contemporary American culture' Guardian 'Ambitious, accomplished, deeply humorous, brilliant and witty and moving. A literary sensation' Independent 'An exploding star of a novel' Spectator 'A remarkable satire on American entertainment and addiction' Daily Telegraph

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• Books we've survived · 28/01/2026