The Rise and Fall in Infinite Jest's Popularity

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The Rise and Fall in Infinite Jest's Popularity

1absurdeist
Edited: Jul 11, 2011, 7:42 pm

In August '08, IJ was the 1,185th most popular book in LibraryThing. The next month, when DFW committed suicide, the book jumped to 329th most popular! Death sells. See the complete statistics in the link:

http://www.librarything.com/work/903/popularity/55493526

2Quixada
Mar 15, 2012, 3:49 pm

Hmmm. Wondering if that would work for my book..............................................

3absurdeist
Mar 15, 2012, 5:17 pm

Don't even think about it, Jo! Though their might be a poem there!