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Infinite Jest

Infinite Jest, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

My reading list

There’s a web-based reading group for this allegedly challenging book, but I haven’t started reading David Foster Wallace’s tome yet, still have about 100 pages left of American Pharaoh

http://infinitesummer.org/

Written by swanksalot

July 2nd, 2009 at 7:15 am

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Tagged with books, Chicago, Photography

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