The Best of David Foster Wallace
a list by Peter, the avid reader who runs Flashlight Worthy
David Foster Wallace was an incredible (and volatile) talent that died long before he ran out of things to say. Entertainment Weekly (which actually has good taste in books) cites the books below as his most rewarding work... work that's a mix of "intellectual rigor, hilarity, and -- crucially -- empathy."
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by David Foster Wallace
Entertainment Weekly says:
Published when he was just 33, this 1,079-page doorstop might fairly be called this generation's "Moby-Dick" or "Gravity's Rainbow."
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1,104 page paperback
|$12.23
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by David Foster Wallace
Entertainment Weekly says:
The egghead as humorist. In essays on cruise ships and state fairs, Wallace is always bemused but never cynical.
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368 page paperback
|$10.19
|89 reviews
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by David Foster Wallace
Entertainment Weekly says:
His wildest book of stories is exactly what the title promises; myriad portraits of men behaving badly.
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336 page paperback
|$10.19
|68 reviews
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by David Foster Wallace
Entertainment Weekly says:
More comedic (and strikingly brainy and openhearted) nonfiction. Included topics: John McCain, porn, talk radio, and dictionaries.
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352 page paperback
|$10.19
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edited by David Foster Wallace, Robert Atwan
Entertainment Weekly says:
Introductions are usually superfluous, but Wallace blows apart the form with this examination of "Total Noise."
(Note that Wallace only wrote the Introduction to this collection.)
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336 page paperback
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|6 reviews
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