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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments Paperback – January 1, 1998
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- Print length 384 pages
- Language English
- Publisher Abacus Little, Brown
- Publication date January 1, 1998
- Dimensions 4.96 x 1.02 x 7.72 inches
- ISBN-10 0349110018
- ISBN-13 978-0349110011
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- Publisher : Abacus Little, Brown (January 1, 1998)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0349110018
- ISBN-13 : 978-0349110011
- Item Weight : 10.3 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.96 x 1.02 x 7.72 inches
- #4,433 in Essays (Books)
About the author
David foster wallace.
David Foster Wallace wrote the acclaimed novels Infinite Jest and The Broom of the System and the story collections Oblivion, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, and Girl With Curious Hair. His nonfiction includes the essay collections Consider the Lobster and A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, and the full-length work Everything and More. He died in 2008.
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"...earlier one about TV & US Fiction and you have two very interesting meditations on alienation . Again, I would say that this is DFW's main theme...." Read more
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Customers find the stories in the book fairly long. They say the title story is great and funny.
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Customers have mixed opinions about the pacing of the book. Some mention it's intelligent, clever, and complex. However, others say it's tedious, frustrating, and repetitive.
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"...and unhappiness, and the link between them, but the descriptions are so evocative (a cloudy sky is "the color of old dimes") and hilarious that..." Read more
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"...When he's clever, which isn't rare, he's very clever . A good deal of the time, however, he's just self-indulgent...." Read more
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