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Fiction and form bloomsbury, 2016 i actually read his journalism first, before knowing who he was i read his piece in premiere on david lynch back in 1997 when i was in my teens, and remember thinking that it was very good and idiosyncratic, but not remembering his name. He committed suicide at the age of 46 succumbing to a battle with. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. David foster wallace was born in ithaca, new york, in 1962 and raised in illinois, where he was a regionally ranked junior tennis player. David foster wallace s lowkey, bookish appearance flatly contradicts the unshaven, bandannacapped image advanced by his publicity photos. David foster wallace 19622008 was an american author of novels, essays, and short stories, and a professor at illinois state university in normal, illinois, and pomona college in claremont, california. The year i read infinite jest, i bought like 20 copies and gave them to a bunch of my friends and family for christmaschanukkahetc. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author.
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