Is this really supposed to be funny? Because it's not. At all.

I agree, this novel is pseudo-intellectual garbage from a fraud who couldn't write to save his life.

So why are you determined to keep everyone talking about it?

>>8311243
My dear friend, when you reach your early twenties, as I have, you come to realize that life is short. We're allotted limited hours here on this pale blue dot we call Earth, so we best not waste them. That's why when it comes to reading, I read the best and only the best. And the best is David Foster Wallace. I strenuously urge everyone on this board who's reading this to pick up Infinite Jest when you get the chance. Just remember: Wallace said, "Fiction's about what it is to be a fucking human being." He didn't say, "Fiction's about what it is to be a fucking Witch-king of Angmar."

>>8311243
wow you sure convinced me

>>8311243
Whatever it is, it's not literature.

>>8311243
Is this post supposed to be funny? Because it's not. At all.

>>8311301
Who decides what fun is?

>>8311303
/lit/

>>8311314
for you

DFW said in one of his interviews he wanted to write a sad book and was surprised that some people found it funny. Congrats OP, you get it

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>>8311341
>>8311243
Hey, me too, for me it's also sad. There are some comical elements but after 100 pages it's about drug addiction, suicide, crime, violence, bureaucracy and boredom. I like it nevertheless.

I'm reading it now and its great. Not sure why every review/post about it online has people saying they got bored as fuck and gave up after 100 pages. As a lit pleb who is just starting his meme reading essentials collection, I can see this being my favourite book. The characters he's building (from what I've read) have been very detailed and all of them are interesting.