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Understanding David Foster Wallace

by Marshall Boswell · 2003

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Marshall Boswell examines the four major works of fiction David Foster Wallace has produced thus far: the novels The Broom of the System and Infinite Jest and the story collections Girl with Curious Hair and Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.

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adult
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medium · 232 pages

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