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Feb 21, 1962 — Sep 12, 2008· 46 yrs

UNITED STATES AUTHOR · FICTION · ESSAYS

David Foster Wallace

Also known as: David F. Wallace, Foster David Wallace

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American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist whose dense works provide a dark, often satirical analysis of American culture

Ithaca, United States
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Most really pretty girls have pretty ugly feet, and so does Mindy Metalman, Lenore notices, all of a sudden.

— from The Broom of the System, 1987

Most acclaimed

#1

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006

3.0 (1)

Presents selections of mainstream and alternative American literature, including both fiction and nonfiction, that discuss a broad spectrum of subjects.

#2

The Broom of the System

1987

3.5 (4)

Lenore Beadsman, a 24-year-old telephone switchboard operator who gets caught in the middle of a Cleveland-based character drama. In Wallace's typically offbeat style, Lenore navigates three separate crises: her great-grandmother's escape from a nursing home, a neurotic boyfriend, and a suddenly vocal pet cockatiel. The controlling idea surrounding all of these crises is the use of words and symbols to define a person.

#3

David Foster Wallace The Last Interview And Other Conversations

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"In intimate and eloquent interviews, including the last he gave before his suicide, the writer hailed by A.O. Scott of The New York Times as "the best mind of his generation" considers the state of modern America, entertainment and discipline, adulthood, literature, and his own inimitable writing style. The volume includes among others interviews with Laura Miller, Dave Eggers, and the student magazine of Wallace's own alma mater, Amherst."--Publisher's website.

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