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Also by David Foster Wallace:

The Pale King, April 2011
Hardcover
Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays, July 2007
Paperback
Consider the Lobster, December 2005
Hardcover
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, February 1998
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Infinite Jest, November 1996
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CONSIDER THE LOBSTER
By: David Foster Wallace

Essays

Little, Brown
December 2005
352 pages
ISBN: 0316156116
Hardcover
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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? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in his new book of hilarious nonfiction.

For this collection, David Foster 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.

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All Things Considered - July 3, 2006