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1079 pages
Infinite jest, a novel
The story of an intelligent but zany dysfunctional family is set in a drug-and-alcohol addict's halfway house and a tennis academy and follows such themes as heartbreak, philosophy, and advertising. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.
About this book
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, and in particular how it affects a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts and a nearby tennis academy, whose students have many budding addictions of their own. As the novel unfolds, various individuals, organizations, and governments vie to obtain the master copy of Infinite Jest for their own ends, and the denizens of the tennis school and the halfway house are caught up in increasingly desperate efforts to control the movie - as is a cast including burglars, transvestite muggers, scam artists, medical professionals, pro football stars, bookies, drug addicts both active and recovering, film students, political assassins, and one of the most endearingly messed-up families ever captured in a novel. On this outrageous frame hangs an exploration of essential questions about what entertainment is, and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment interacts with our need to connect with other humans; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. The huge cast and multilevel narrative serve a story that accelerates to a breathtaking, heartbreaking, unforgettable conclusion. It 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 novelcan do.
174 pages
Public house, an anthology of spoken word, short fiction, poetry, image, and rant forged in the Edinburgh Castle Pub, San Francisco, California
" Internationally known authors such as Welsh and Po Bronson share pages with local San Francisco luminaries Mary Roach and Keith and Kent Zimmerman. Includes a free CD of Welsh reading live from his bestseller, Porno.
About this book
This anthology of spoken word, short fiction, and poetry collects works from the Edinburgh Castle Pub writing scene, which Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh has called "a San Francisco underground literary institution." Internationally known authors such as Welsh and Po Bronson share pages with local San Francisco luminaries Mary Roach and Keith and Kent Zimmerman. Includes a free CD of Welsh reading live from his bestseller, Porno.
504 pages
