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A Supposedly Fun Thing I Never Do Again
A Supposedly Fun Thing I Never Do Again
EW grade: A-
EW Review: "Despite the success of last year's Infinite Jest, some suspected that the bricklike 1,079-page novel was propping open more doors than minds. Happily, the publication of Wallace's new collection should change all that. The author forgoes his usual irony in favor of seven surprisingly earnest appreciations of everything from being a kid in the geometrically precise Midwest to postmodern critical theory. A Supposedly Fun Thing is a heady, often hilarious tour of American diversions — state fairs and cinema, cruise ships and tennis, six hours of TV a day. Wallace fans will recognize favorite preoccupations, quirks, and, of course, footnotes (137 in the title essay alone); new readers will discover a remarkably talented, fluid, and arresting young voice."
So sad this man is gone, sooo sad. So funny and brilliant. I personally feel that Infinite Jest should be on this list as well but I am comforted by its inclusion on Time’s list. This book is lighter in tone and has some real laugh out loud moments. No one can put together a sentence like Wallace could. Here he justifies a man murdering his wife for using Jif rather than Skippy peanut butter: ".... the guy's got a point, that if you've developed a sophisticated peanut-butter palate and that palate prefers Jif theres simply no way Skippy's going to be anthing like an acceptable facsimile, and that a wife who fails repeatedly to grasp the importance of Jif is making some very significant and troubling statements about her empathy for and commitment to the sacrament of marriage as bond between two bodies, mind, spirits, and palates..." He makes it sound almost reasonable, right?
Loved it! I would highly recommend
So sad this man is gone, sooo sad. So funny and brilliant. I personally feel that Infinite Jest should be on this list as well but I am comforted by its inclusion on Time’s list. This book is lighter in tone and has some real laugh out loud moments. No one can put together a sentence like Wallace could. Here he justifies a man murdering his wife for using Jif rather than Skippy peanut butter: ".... the guy's got a point, that if you've developed a sophisticated peanut-butter palate and that palate prefers Jif theres simply no way Skippy's going to be anthing like an acceptable facsimile, and that a wife who fails repeatedly to grasp the importance of Jif is making some very significant and troubling statements about her empathy for and commitment to the sacrament of marriage as bond between two bodies, mind, spirits, and palates..." He makes it sound almost reasonable, right?
Loved it! I would highly recommend
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