When David Foster Wallace’s magnificent 1,079-page novel landed in bookstores with a resounding thunk in February 1996, the author wasn’t a household name. He’d written one novel and a highly ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In 1990, David Foster Wallace, only 28, had already lived a chaotic ...

We’ve all got books on our shelves that we know are amazing, but we just haven’t quite, um… bothered to read. There’s no shame in admitting David Foster Wallace’s doorstop of a novel Infinite Jest is ...

David Foster Wallace fans: Put down your copy of D.T. Max’s newly released biography of the writer, Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story and click immediately on Infinite Atlas. Non-fans, stop whatever ...

Commentary: I put off reading David Foster Wallace's famously encyclopedic book for two decades. Finally digging in was the best and worst thing I did this year. I started with CNET reviewing laptops ...

When David Foster Wallace’s magnificent 1,079-page novel landed in bookstores with a resounding thunk in February 1996, the author wasn’t a household name. He’d written one novel and a highly ...

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But because it's so long and dense and hipsterish, and was written by a man whose personal struggles have been grossly romanticized all the more following his 2008 suicide, Infinite Jest has also ...

For many, "Infinite Jest" is a kind of sacred work. A magnum opus that can challenge readers simply to finish. The "defining work of the 1990s." One of the greatest books of all time. Or something to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CLAREMONT, Calif. — David Foster Wallace, the author best known for his 1996 novel “Infinite Jest,” was found dead in his home, according to police. He was ...