hark! a resolution

Just in case you want to know, my New Year's resolution has been to buy and read Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace.

In case you don't know what it is, here is a blurb from when it was first published.

"IF YOU BELIEVE the hype, David Foster Wallace is about to be crowned the
next heavyweight of American fiction. And the accolade is probably deserved.
At the very least, "Infinite Jest," his new, 1,079-page novel (including 90
pages devoted to esoteric endnotes), gives a whole new twist to the word
"infinite." This huge volume will prop open even a castle's gates.
Of course, it's exhausting to read such a mega-book. This is the age of the
sound bite. But diving into the riches of "Infinite Jest" is also an
exhilarating, breathtaking experience. This book teems with so much life and
death, so much hilarity and pain, so much gusto in the face of despair that
one cheers for the future of our literature. "

Having only read short stories of his in the past ("The Girl with Curious Hair" being a lovely collection) I've been a little intimidated by the length and esoterica. But I shall triumph!

After all, who better to tackle the biggest and fattest of novels?

I will also read House of Leaves.