Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace audiobook

Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays

By David Foster Wallace
Read by David Foster Wallace

Little, Brown & Company 9780316156110
3.80 Hours • Abridged
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    ISBN: 9781594832697

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.

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One of the 2006 New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books for Nonfiction

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.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“A writer of virtuostic talents who can seemingly do anything.” —New York Times
“Though this collection comprises a mere four hours on three discs, Wallace’s depth and breadth creates the sensation of a larger narrative—an audible confirmation that modern American writing continues to gain strength.”  —Publishers Weekly
“Wallace is a superb comedian of culture…his exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight.” —Gaurdian (London)
“The uberliterate Wallace is a subtle Hunter Thompson, pointed, yet sly…[his] complex essays are written, and rightfully so, to be read more than once.” —Booklist
“Wallace reads his fresh, provocative essays with delicious irreverence, earning his place alongside the great social satirists of this, or any, time.” —AudioFile

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Author Bio: David Foster Wallace

Author Bio: David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace (1962–2008) was the New York Times bestselling author of Infinite Jest, The Broom of the System, and Girl with Curious Hair. His essays and stories have appeared in Harper’s, the New Yorker, Playboy, Paris Review, Conjunctions, Premiere, Tennis, the Missouri Review, and the Review of Contemporary Fiction. He received numerous awards, including the Whiting Award, the Lannan Award for Fiction, the QPB Joe Savago New Voices Award, and the O. Henry Award.

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Available Formats : Digital Download
Runtime: 3.80
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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