A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

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On this exuberantly praised book – a choice of seven pieces on subjects ranging from tv to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner – David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.
David Foster Wallace made somewhat a splash in 1996 with his massive novel, Infinite Jest. Now he is back with a choice of essays entitled A Supposedly Fun Thing I will Never Do Again. Along with a razor-sharp writing style, Wallace has a mercurial mind that lights on many subjects. His seven essays go back and forth from a state fair in Illinois to a cruise ship in the Caribbean, explore how tv affects literature and what makes film auteur David Lynch tick, and deconstruct deconstructionism and find the intersection between tornadoes and tennis.

These eclectic interests are enhanced by an eye (and nose) for detail: “I’ve seen sucrose beaches and water a very bright blue. I’ve seen an all-red leisure suit with flared lapels. I’ve smelled what suntan lotion smells like spread over 21,000 pounds of hot flesh . . .” It is evident that Wallace revels in both the life of the mind and the peculiarities of his fellows; in A Supposedly Fun Thing I will Never Do Again he celebrates both.

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