Infinite Jest

Infinite Jest

by

David Foster Wallace

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O.C.D. Term Analysis

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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O.C.D. Term Timeline in Infinite Jest

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Chapter 58
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...she is so high-functioning it has never been diagnosed. Orin’s former doubles partner also had OCD, but in that case the man’s life fell apart because of it.) (full context)