Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
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- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2001
Summary
In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence. Among the stories are ‘The Depressed Person’, a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman’s mental state; ‘Adult World’, which reveals a woman’s agonised consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and ‘Brief Interviews with Hideous Men’, a dark, hilarious series of portraits of men whose fear of wo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349111889 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 034911188X |
| Author: | Wallace David Foster |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2001 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 126mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Abacus |
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Wallace’s talent is such that you can’t help wondering: how good can he get?
His skills as a literary innovator are immense…this is an entertaining and dazzlingly innovative work…a dizzying gallop actoss the wild frontier of contemporary fiction. - DAILY TELEGRAPH
Endlessly inventive - EVENING STANDARDExceptionally clever - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYAs clever and intriguing as Wallace’s past work…these strong, sad voices ring powerfully clear - The TimeWallace’s talent is such that you can’t help wondering: how good can he get? - Time OutContains longish stretches of genius - Independent - Geoff NicholsonAbout The Author
Wallace David Foster
David Foster Wallace’s fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, Playboy, Harper’s and Paris Review. He has received the Whiting Award, the Paris Review Prize for humour, the QPB Joe Savago New Voices Award and an O. Henry Award. He died in September 2008.
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