Manitoba folk singer Grant Davidson records under the name Slow Leaves. His album Enough About Me reflects on the uncertainties of life through carefully-crafted lyrics.

The singer-songwriter considers the merits of David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest with the same attention. Here's what he has to say about Wallace's work.

"The book I am currently reading, or working on because it sometimes feels like work, is Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. It's got a complex plot of two storylines that follows several characters. One storyline follows a family of exceptional and eccentric people involved in a tennis academy. The other follows a Boston AA facility down the hill from the tennis academy. The story takes place in the not-too-distant future where Mexico, Canada and the U.S. have united under one organization."

"Infinite Jest is equal parts fascinating, brilliant, funny, excruciating and epic. What I love about its writing is that Wallace goes deep into whatever he's exploring — drug addiction, elite tennis culture — it's the kind of book that you need a few bookmarks going. But it's so rewarding because you feel you're gaining insight into a brilliant mind."