![]() ![]() and Canada have been subsumed by the Organization of North American Nations, unleashing a torrent of anti-O.N.A.N.ist terrorism by Quebecois separatists drug problems are widespread the Northeastern continent is a giant toxic waste dump and CD-like ``entertainment cartridges'' are the prevalent leisure activity. ![]() It is the ``Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment'' (each calendar year is now subsidized by retail advertising) the U.S. Set in an absurd yet uncanny near-future, with a cast of hundreds and close to 400 footnotes, Wallace's story weaves between two surprisingly similar locales: Ennet House, a halfway-house in the Boston Suburbs, and the adjacent Enfield Tennis Academy. But few others will have the stamina for it. With its baroque subplots, zany political satire, morbid, cerebral humor and astonishing range of cultural references, Wallace's brilliant but somewhat bloated dirigible of a second novel (after The Broom in the System) will appeal to steadfast readers of Pynchon and Gaddis. ![]()
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