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"The first biography of the most influential writer of his generation, David Foster Wallace David Foster Wallace was the leading literary light of his era, a man who not only captivated readers with his prose but also mesmerized them with his brilliant mind. In this, the first biography of the writer, D. T. Max sets out to chart Wallace's tormented, anguished and often triumphant battle to succeed as a novelist as he fights off depression and addiction to emerge with his masterpiece, Infinite Jest. Since his untimely death by suicide at the age of forty-six in 2008, Wallace has become more than the quintessential writer for his time--he has become a symbol of sincerity and honesty in an inauthentic age. In the end, as Max shows us, what is most interesting about Wallace is not just what he wrote but how he taught us all to live. Written with the cooperation of Wallace's family and friends and with access to hundreds of his unpublished letters, manuscripts, and audio tapes, this portrait of an extraordinarily gifted writer is as fresh as news, as intimate as a love note, as painful as a goodbye. "--
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Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
Aug 27, 2013, Penguin Books
paperback
0147509726 9780147509727
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Every Love Story is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
Jun 14, 2012, Granta Books
hardcover
184708494X 9781847084941
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Every love story is a ghost story: a life of David Foster Wallace
2012, Viking
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0670025925 9780670025923
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