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Published by Penguin Bolsillo · Philosophy and religion · ISBN 9788499083568

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David Foster Wallace's account of the week he spent on a luxury Caribbean cruise, published in Harper's in 1996 and later the title piece of his 1997 essay collection. What was meant to be a restful trip becomes, in his hands, an ironic portrait of the pressure to relax and have fun, and of how so much indulgence leads him to look at himself harshly. He makes heavy use of footnotes.

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Who it's for
For readers of narrative journalism with humour and of essays on American culture; it is a good way into Foster Wallace's nonfiction.
Why people still read it
In 2019 Slate ranked the collection among the 50 best nonfiction works of the previous twenty-five years, and the essay's title has been parodied by Tina Fey, John Hodgman and The Simpsons.

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