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        Infinite Jest


        setting

        America

        time

        Future

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1996

        page count

        1079

        difficulty

        Extreme

        main characters

        Incandenza family, Tennis Academy members, Drug Rehab members

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        I am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies. My posture is consciously congruent to the shape of my hard chair. This is a cold room in University Administration, wood-walled, Remington-hung, double-windowed against the November heat, insulated from Administrative sounds by the reception area outside, at which Uncle Charles, Mr. deLint and I were lately received.

        last lines

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