the longest short story in the world ... Ever!

Finally read Infinite Jest. It was the first 1,100-page short story I've ever read.
At least, that's what it felt like, more than a novel. Obviously David Foster Wallace was trying to avoid a conventional ending. A lack of real resolution was at first jarring, but after some time to digest the book, it simply felt more like finishing a short story (albeit one that took a month to read). Rather than telling an expansive story with characters woven in, Infinite Jest is more a study of characters (lots of them) with a story woven between them.