I liked pic related

>>8360327
infinite jest

>>8360327
More DeLillo is the only answer, DFW liked to think he was his successor but really he was just a "special" boy who DeLillo found kindness in his heart for.

>>8360341
That's what i was inclined to do, but why though? >>8360355
Which specific Delillo books would you recommend?

>>8360327
Bleeding Edge?

The Gold Bug Variations.

>>8360355
>but really he was just a "special" boy who DeLillo found kindness in his heart for.

lol reading Delillo's letter to DFW this fits perfectly

>>8360355
Falling Man was pretty good.

>>8360327
2666.
Definitely nothing Wallace wrote can be considered "sprawling", regardless of how much someone may personally enjoy it, his work is all very sheltered.

I bought Infinite Jest but gave up because all the tennis shit was so boring and annoying. I stopped about 200 pages in.

>>8361982
I'd agree and I love IJ. It's great but by no means sprawling. It's about some New England druggies and tennis kids.
Canadians get thrown about a bit, but they aren't developed except Marathe. I do love the scene leading up to the Quenecois terrorist massacre by the wheelchair assassins, whatever they're named.

Try Against the Day or one of the big Pynchon novels. Those are sprawling, not IJ.

>>8363361
I'm a little concerned about the difficulty of those. Are they far more difficult then Underworld? The only Pynchon i've read so far was CoL49, which was great but way more complicated than Underworld. I dont want to spoil the Pynchon experience by jumping into his massive novels and slogging through.
But if you they are sprawling, massive, beautifull and not extremely difficult (they can be hard allright, i just dont like to struggle withe every page for 800pages), then ill add them to the list of possebilities

>>8363603
Against the Day and Mason & Dixon are great and accessible.