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Consider the Lobster

2007 Social Science
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Release : 2007
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 526/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Consider the Lobster by : David Foster Wallace

Download or read book Consider the Lobster written by David Foster Wallace. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a sick sense of humour? 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 his new book of hilarious non-fiction. For this collection, David Foster Wallace immerses himself in the three-ring circus that is the presidential race in order to document one of the most vicious campaigns in recent history. Later he strolls from booth to booth at a lobster festival in Maine and risks life and limb to get to the bottom of the lobster question. Then he wheedles his way into an L.A. radio studio, armed with tubs of chicken, to get the behind-the-scenes view of a conservative talkshow featuring a host with an unnatural penchant for clothing that only looks good on the radio. In what is sure to be a much-talked-about exploration of distinctly modern subjects, one of the sharpest minds of our time delves into some of life's most delicious topics.

Up, Simba!

2000-09-15 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2000-09-15
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 411/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Up, Simba! by : David Foster Wallace

Download or read book Up, Simba! written by David Foster Wallace. This book was released on 2000-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Director's Cut (three times longer than the RS article) is an incisive, funny, thoughtful piece about life on "Bullshit One" -- the nickname for the press bus that followed McCain's Straight Talk Express. This piece becomes ever more relevant, as we discuss what we know, don't know, and don't want to know about the way our political campaigns work.

Consider the Lobster

2005-12-01 Literary Collections
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Release : 2005-12-01
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Rating : 925/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Consider the Lobster by : David Foster Wallace

Download or read book Consider the Lobster written by David Foster Wallace. This book was released on 2005-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This celebrated collection of essays from the author of Infinite Jest is "brilliantly entertaining...Consider the Lobster proves once more why Wallace should be regarded as this generation's best comic writer" (Cleveland Plain Dealer). 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. "Wallace can do sad, funny, silly, heartbreaking, and absurd with equal ease; he can even do them all at once." --Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

2009-11-23 Humor
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Release : 2009-11-23
Genre : Humor
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Book Rating : 522/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by : David Foster Wallace

Download or read book A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again written by David Foster Wallace. This book was released on 2009-11-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation. In this exuberantly praised book -- a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner -- David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.

The David Foster Wallace Reader

2014-11-11 Literary Collections
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Release : 2014-11-11
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Rating : 177/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The David Foster Wallace Reader by : David Foster Wallace

Download or read book The David Foster Wallace Reader written by David Foster Wallace. This book was released on 2014-11-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do you begin with a writer as original and brilliant as David Foster Wallace? Here — with a carefully considered selection of his extraordinary body of work, chosen by a range of great writers, critics, and those who worked with him most closely. This volume presents his most dazzling, funniest, and most heartbreaking work — essays like his famous cruise-ship piece, "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again," excerpts from his novels The Broom of the System, Infinite Jest, and The Pale King, and legendary stories like "The Depressed Person." Wallace's explorations of morality, self-consciousness, addiction, sports, love, and the many other subjects that occupied him are represented here in both fiction and nonfiction. Collected for the first time are Wallace's first published story, "The View from Planet Trillaphon as Seen In Relation to the Bad Thing" and a selection of his work as a writing instructor, including reading lists, grammar guides, and general guidelines for his students. A dozen writers and critics, including Hari Kunzru, Anne Fadiman, and Nam Le, add afterwords to favorite pieces, expanding our appreciation of the unique pleasures of Wallace's writing. The result is an astonishing volume that shows the breadth and range of "one of America's most daring and talented writers" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) whose work was full of humor, insight, and beauty.

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