Consider the Lobster
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Book Info
Author
Wallace, David Foster
Word Count
85,750 words
based on page count
Pages
343 pages
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Edition Publisher
Back Bay Books, 2006
Edition Publish Date
2006-01-01
Identifiers
ISBN-10: 0316013323
ISBN-13: 9780316013321
Description
For This Collection, Wallace Immerses Himself In The Three-ring Circus That Is The Presidential Race In Order To Document One Of The Most Vicious Campaigns In Recent History. Later He Strolls From Booth To Booth At A Lobster Festival In Maine And Risks Life And Limb To Get To The Bottom Of The Lobster Question. Then He Wheedles His Way Into An L.a. Radio Studio, Armed With Tubs Of Chicken, To Get The Behind-the-scenes View Of A Conservative Talk Show Featuring A Host With An Unnatural Penchant For Clothing That Looks Good Only On The Radio. Do Lobsters Feel Pain? Did Franz Kafka Have A Sick Sense Of Humor? What Is John Updike's Deal Anyway? And Who Won The Adult Video News' Female Performer Of The Year Award The Same Year Gwyneth Paltrow Won Her Oscar? Wallace Answers These Questions And More.--from Publisher Description. Big Red Son -- Certainly The End Of Something Or Other, One Would Sort Of Have To Think -- Some Remarks On Kafka's Funniness From Which Probably Not Enough Has Been Removed -- Authority And American Usage -- The View From Mrs. Thompson's -- How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart -- Up, Simba -- Consider The Lobster -- Joseph Frank's Dostoevsky -- Host. David Foster Wallace. Includes Bibliographical References.
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