I've read so many mixed reviews about David Foster Wallace. I honestly didn't know what to expect, other than footnotes. I really enjoyed this collection. I skipped one of the essays, but found the others to be well worth reading. He lays himself so bare.
Of the seven essays that comprise this collection, two of them are must-reads and freely available from Harper's website (don't bother with the other five). These pieces are long, so if you're going to print them out I recommend you do so from the office:"Shipping Out," Harper's, January 1996(aka, "...
Very, very funny. His essay about attending the Illinois State Fair, in particular, is spot on. Likewise the one about his vacation on a cruise ship is perfectly conceived.
How does one describe the horror of taking a cruise? DFW tackles this, and other topics, brilliantly. The thing is, while cruises are marketed as the ultimate fun for some people, other people aren't convinced. His intelligence, his humor, his humanity are best demonstrated in his essays, which loo...
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