{"product_id":"infinite-jest","title":"Infinite Jest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA gargantuan, mind-altering tragi-comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEqual parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human—and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish Date - 1996 - Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815989502262,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/IMG-4621.jpg?v=1774565462","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/infinite-jest","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}