In 2006 he named a top ten list of novels influenced by Shakespeare. One title on the list:Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceRead about another book Haig tagged at the Guardian.
"A fellow of infinite jest" is how Hamlet describes the dead court jester Yorick in the famous graveyard scene. Infinite Jest in Wallace's satirical, zillion-page novel is the name of a film produced by Poor Yorick Productions. The film eventually kills its viewers by entertaining them to death. Wallace, like Shakespeare, is always aware of the skull behind a jester's smile.
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The Page 69 Test: The Dead Fathers Club.My Book, The Movie: The Dead Fathers Club.
The Page 69 Test: The Labrador Pact.
The Page 69 Test: The Radleys.
Writers Read: Matt Haig (February 2011).
My Book, The Movie: The Radleys.
--Marshal Zeringue
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