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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

Essays and Arguments

David Foster Wallace

Written by
David Foster Wallace
Read by
Paul Garcia
Length
17 hrs 46 min
Rating
4.3 / 5
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Released
2012-02-07

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What it is

These widely acclaimed essays from the besteselling author of Infinite Jest — on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more — established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation.

In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner — David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.

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