DFW4 “Infinite Jest” (39-55) #ThursdayswithDFW – Episode 83



Some vague insight into Mario, Hal’s brother, and two mini check-ins on the medical attaché…much to cover for this short section of IJ.

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About DFW: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/03/09/the-unfinished

.pdf of the Novel (page numbers different): https://raisuman123.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/david-foster-wallace-infinite-jest-v2-0.pdf

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Quotes:  ”One way to lower the flag to half-mast is to just lower the flag. There’s another way though. You can also just raise the pole. You can raise the pole to like twice its original height” (42).

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