Or something that equates to that tediously pretentious terminology anyway.
In fact, the more obtuse, the more cryptic and bamboozling a novel might be, the more likely we are to worship at the altar of its fecund erudition. Should you fail to do so, you are unworthy of the work (and maybe even literature in general?). More often than not, such challenging tomes are seen as crucibles through which every discerning reader must pass. There is something perverse regarding our endless fascination with works of literature that carry the label ‘difficult’. As we mark 10 years since David Foster Wallace’s untimely death, Getintothis’ Chris Leathley explores Wallace’s magnum opus Infinite Jest and explains why it remains such a vital literary work.
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