The Pale King by David Foster Wallace (Hardcover, 2011)

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Fine in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 1st edition, 1st issue. This is David Foster Wallace's final and most ambitious undertaking - an audacious and hilarious look into the abyss of ordinary life.

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This is David Foster Wallace's final and most ambitious undertaking - an audacious and hilarious look into the abyss of ordinary life. The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Centre in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom-survival training, he learns of the extraordinary variety of personalities drawn to this strange calling. And he has arrived at a moment when forces within the IRS are plotting to eliminate even what little humanity and dignity the work still has. The Pale King remained unfinished at the time of David Foster Wallace's death, but it is a deeply intriguing and satisfying novel, hilarious and fearless and as original as anything Wallace ever undertook. It grapples directly with ultimate questions - questions of life's meaning and of the ultimate value of work and family - through characters imagined with the interior force and generosity that were Wallace's unique gifts. Along the way it suggests a new idea of heroism and commands infinite respect for a writer who dared to take on the most daunting subjects the human spirit can imagine.

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PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780241144800
eBay Product ID (ePID)99839093

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Book TitleThe Pale King
AuthorDavid Foster Wallace
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2011
Number of Pages560 Pages

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Item Height240mm
Item Width162mm
Item Weight865g

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Title_AuthorDavid Foster Wallace
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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