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infinite jest is my favorite novel, but i also enjoyed the novelty of having to use double bookmarks and being constantly reminded of the physical bounds of reading
Wait, it uses endnotes not footnotes? God damn, Foster Wallace was a sadist.
I've read some of his essays, he was a good writer. I may read infinite jest one day, my partner enjoyed it.
yeah, and the endnotes themselves are a trip. they're like a quasiacademic experiment in writing. i'm a big nerd so i enjoyed the pedantry of its formatting, but it also has a lot of interesting things to say about addiction and entertainment that remain extremely relevant today.