The Broom Of The System
$30.30
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
3 September 1997
Summary
A visionary, a craftsman, a comedian and as serious as it is possible to be without accidentally writing a religious text. He can do anything with a piece of prose, and it is a humbling experience to see him go to work on what has passed up till now as “modern fiction”. He’s so modern he’s in a different time-space continuum from the rest of us. Goddamn him.
Zadie Smith
The mysterious disappearance of her great- grandmother and twenty-five other elderly inmates from a Shaker H…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349109237 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349109230 |
| Author: | David Foster Wallace |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 1997 |
| Weight: | 322g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 31mm |
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‘Daring…hilarious…enigmatic…wonderfully odd… a zany picaresque adventure of contemporary America run amok’ NEW YORK TIMES ‘Dazzling…exhilarating…bizarre…sweepingly successful…engaging and haunting… a remarkable book with lots of prestidigitation in it… Wallace’s talent is consistently impressive’ SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
About The Author
David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Lannan Award for Fiction, the Paris Review’s Aga Kahn Prize and John Train Prize for Humour, and the O. Henry Award. He lives in downstate Illinois.
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