David Foster Wallace on 'Infinite Jest'

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The most famous thing David Foster Wallace wrote is "Infinite Jest," his huge, sprawling novel set in a dystopian near future. It’s a little eerie how well he predicted our world today. In 1996 — the year "Infinite Jest" came out — we spoke with David Foster Wallace, explaining why he named the book for a movie that kills people who watch it.