They include monolithic memoirs by Primo Levi and Nelson Mandela, seminal British fiction from the likes of Beryl Bainbridge and Iain Banks, and significant works of contemporary American literature ...

David Foster Wallace’s novel Infinite Jest was published on February 1, 1996, by Little, Brown and Company in New York. This year marks the 30th anniversary of its publication, and it is still ...

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 46. Wallace’s wife found her husband had ...

This essay and interview appear in this week’s The Book Pages newsletter. For more information and book coverage, sign up for the free newsletter. Years ago, I taught English as a Second Language at a ...

Books can be difficult to teach for several reasons. They can be too stuffy, profane, archaic, mundane or pretentious. There are many students who would happily banish novels like these from their ...

In 2008, I found myself in Rome searching for The Savage Detectives by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño. The book was sold out, and the friendly clerk at the bookstore handed me Infinite Jest by David ...

William Beutler’s painstakingly detailed "Infinite Atlas" provides yet another layer to David Foster Wallace’s famously dense work. Infographic of the Day: A Map of Infinite Jest’s Zillion Characters ...

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