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The Pale King
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The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly-arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom-survival training, he learns of the extraordinary variety of personalities drawn to this strange calling. And he has arrived at a moment when forces within the IRS are plotting to eliminate what little humanity and dignity the work still has.
The Pale King remained unfinished at the time of David Foster Wallace's death, but it is a deeply compelling and satisfying novel, hilarious and fearless and as original as anything Wallace ever undertook. It grapples directly with ultimate questions—questions of life's meaning and of the value of work and society—through characters imagined with the interior force and generosity that were Wallace's unique gifts.
Along the way it suggests a new idea of heroism and commands infinite respect for one of the most daring writers of our time.
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David Foster Wallace's The Pale King is praised for its genius and unique writing style, which deeply affects readers and immerses them in Wallace's distinctive narrative voice. Critics have highlighted its monumental scope and the profound, poignant impact it leaves on its audience.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780143203599
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 March 2012
Country: Australia
Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 33.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 438g
Pages: 592
About the Author
David Foster Wallace wrote the novels Infinite Jest and The Broom of the System, and the story collections Oblivion, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men and Girl with Curious Hair. His non-fiction includes Consider the Lobster, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Everything and More and This Is Water. Wallace was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award and a Whiting Writers' Award. He died in 2008.
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