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« on: 12:52:10, 15-09-2008 »
I've just heard that the novelist David Foster Wallace was found hanged at his home on Friday.

I haven't read his long novel Infinite Jest, but two friends whose opinions I respect very much have told me that it's wonderful.

The shorter A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again may be a good place to start.

There's also an interview here (DFW segment starts at around 23:15).
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« Reply #1 on: 16:17:45, 15-09-2008 »
This is dreadful news!

Well, for my part I recommend his first novel, The Broom of the System. Infinite Jest is 'wonderful' but only to real aficionados of the fine points of language. It's extremely post-modern and for my taste a bit self-consciously so. But Broom is a really fantastic read.

I'd also put in a good word for some of his short stories. Girl with Curious Hair is all right, and I think Brief Interviews with Hideous Men might also appeal to some members. DFW is in love with language, and with situational absurdity in the tradition of Donald Barthelme.

I'm very dismayed by this news. Hopefully it will help spark some interest in his work, though. A real shame for the literary world and for his readers, not to mention family and friends.
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« Reply #2 on: 06:29:35, 16-09-2008 »
A link for the curious

http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2004/08/consider_the_lobster?printable=true
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