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Consider the Lobster
And Other Essays
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This book is suited for readers interested in thoughtful, literary essays that combine cultural critique with witty observation. Fans of David Foster Wallace and those who enjoy exploring arts and culture through a unique and intelligent lens will find this collection especially rewarding.
This brilliant and hilarious new collection of essays is offered by the award-winning author of the bestselling "Infinite Jest."
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Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person?
David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling narrative adventures. Whether covering the three-ring circus of John McCain's 2000 presidential race, plunging into the wars between dictionary writers, or confronting the World's Largest Lobster Cooker at the annual Maine Lobster Festival, Wallace projects a quality of thought that is uniquely his and a voice as powerful and distinct as any in American letters.
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ISBN: 9780316156110
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 December 2005
Country: United States
Imprint: Little Brown and Company
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 29.0mm
Width: 171.0mm
Height: 239.0mm
Weight: 572g
Pages: 352
About the Author
David Foster Wallace was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1962 and raised in Illinois, where he was a regionally ranked junior tennis player. He received bachelor of arts degrees in philosophy and English from Amherst College and wrote what would become his first novel, The Broom of the System, as his senior English thesis. He received a masters of fine arts from University of Arizona in 1987 and briefly pursued graduate work in philosophy at Harvard University. His second novel, Infinite Jest, was published in 1996.
Wallace taught creative writing at Emerson College, Illinois State University, and Pomona College, and published the story collections Girl with Curious Hair, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Oblivion, the essay collections A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, and Consider the Lobster. He was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and a Whiting Writers' Award, and was appointed to the Usage Panel for The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. He died in 2008. His last novel, The Pale King, was published in 2011.
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