I didn't know what it was, but here's some tidbits found immediately after googling the book:
- Infinite Jest is a postmodern encyclopedic novel, famous for its length, detail and digressions involving 388 endnotes, some of which themselves have footnotes.
- It's typically regarded as difficult reading, due partly to its narrative structure, but mostly because of its length. Infinite Jest is 1,079 pages long, making it not ideal for subway reading but extremely effective as an emergency doorstop.
- That is not to say that “Infinite Jest” is a comforting book in any way. In fact, it's oftentimes highly disturbing. Nearly every sensitive topic — including animal abuse, sexual abuse, death and addiction — is contained within those pages.
- At more than 1,000 pages – with copious footnotes – Infinite Jest is a famously difficult read. It is the Gen-X Ulysses that even those like me, who consider themselves DFW superfans, are nervous to attempt, many preferring to feed their devotion with his essays and short stories.
So I'll say it too - which one of you did it!
ETA: Those quotes aren't by me, they were found on page 1 of a Google search for the book's title. Wonder if it's gonna show up in a future video where Hamber claims she "just doesn't vibe" with it.