<Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 0 - 316 - 91989 - 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 35318437 </Td> </Tr> <P> A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments is a 1997 collection of nonfiction writing by David Foster Wallace . </P> <P> In the title essay, originally published in Harper's as "Shipping Out", Wallace describes the excesses of his one - week trip in the Caribbean aboard the cruise ship MV Zenith, which he rechristens the Nadir . He is ironically displeased with the professional hospitality industry and the "fun" he should be having and explains how the indulgences of the cruise turn him into a spoiled brat, leading to overwhelming internal despair . </P>

A supposedly fun thing that i'll never do again
find me the text answering this question