Our next book is... the same book: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

As we barrel down the highway of elite tennis academies and Boston AA meetings (are they different from other cities'?) I have to wonder how it will all end. If it will end... Infinite Jest get it. Will Hal and Don ever be together? Find out during the stunning conclusion of Infinite Jest, or at least our discussion thereof.

Come discuss the second half of Infinite Jest Saturday March 20th at the Main Library in Conference Rm 3 at 11am. Feel free to bring food and drink.

Some thoughts about the first half of Infinite Jest

- There was massive hype around this book before it was even published. Wallace's suicide only added to the book's mythology. Did this effect your approach to the text?

- What are the long passages of intricate detail all about? Pages and pages about tennis drills, calculus war games, and AA meetings: what is there function?

- If Hal and Don are the protagonists, are there any parallels between the two of them?

- Does AA work? If you think it does, why do you think it does? In a related matter, what makes a good tennis player?

Come discuss the first half of this book (around pg. 490) Saturday January 16th at the Main Library in Conference Rm 3 at 11am. Feel free to bring food and drink.