Consider the Lobster

And Other Essays

Paperback, 352 pages

English language

Published by Back Bay Books.

ISBN:
978-0-316-01332-1
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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 enthralling narrative adventures. Whether covering the three-ring circus of a vicious presidential race, plunging into the wars between dictionary writers, or confronting the World's Largest Lobster Cooker, Wallace projects a quality of thought that is uniquely his and a voice as powerful and distinct as any in American letters.

3 editions

Subjects

  • Essays
  • General
  • Literary Criticism & Collections / General
  • American Essays
  • Literary Collections
  • Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Literature: Classics