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Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
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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.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Wallace, David Foster
- ISBN: 9780316013321
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.29 x 0.94
- Number Of Pages: 352
- Publication Year: 2007
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Requires attention span & a rich decent dictionary
Courtland S. - 1 year 3 months agoIn this collection of essays, David Foster Wallace delves into every topic you never knew you wanted to read about--Maine's Lobster Festival and the feelings of said lobsters, what it's like to attend an adult film convention, how brilliant and important Bryan Garner's dictionary "Modern American Usage" is, what went on during John McCain's presidential campaign of 2000, among other obscure topics. Wallace writes in such a passionate way that you can't help feeling excited about Standard Written English and the sentience of invertebrate crustaceans with him. This is definitely a book to read slowly on days when you have absolutely nothing else draining your focus, and not necessarily in order.
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