$40.80
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2007
Summary
Consider The Lobster: Essays and Explorations
A brilliant and hilarious collection of essays from the award-winning author of the bestseller INFINITE JEST
Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a sick sense of humor? What is John Updike’s deal anyway? And who won the Adult Video News’ Female Performer of the Year Award the same year Gwyneth Paltrow won her Oscar? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in this collection of hilarious non-fiction.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349119526 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 034911952X |
| Series: | Abacus |
| Author: | David Foster Wallace |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2007 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 23mm |
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Wallace’s voice comes zinging off the page, reinforcing the school of thought that says he’s some type of maybe-genius doing something they haven’t invented a word for yet
He is eloquent, scathing, precise and very funny - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Wallace’s voice comes zinging off the page, reinforcing the school of thought that says he’s some type of maybe-genius doing something they haven’t invented a word for yet - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHA writer of virtuostic talents who can seemingly do anything - NEW YORK TIMESWallace is a superb comedian of culture … his exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight - James Woods, GUARDIANAbout 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.
Author Location: California
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