Why is /lit/ obsessed with Infinite Jest, and David Foster Wallace? Is the book even

>>572238
>nu-male wankery
You probably shouldn't be talking about literature if you use phrases like this.

>>572238
Yeah, it's great. I'd tell you to read it but you probably shouldn't waste your time.

>nu-male
>David "my only purpose on earth is to 'put my penis in as many vaginas as possible'" Foster Wallace

>>572238
>nu-male wankery
most literature of the Western Canon isn't
>>572277
this

>>572238
>nu-male wankery
you don't read books so I'd give it a miss

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Why does /mu/ obsess over ITAOTS?

Why does /tv/ obsess over Drive?

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I remember being told that it's a tradition on /lit/ to ironically reread Infinite Jest every year.