In his best work, Infinite Jest , Wallace leavened his smartest-boy-in-class style, perfected in his essays and short stories, with a stereoscopic reproduction of ...

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David Foster Wallace, author of the critically acclaimed 1996 novel Infinite Jest, was found dead in his Claremont, Calif., home on Friday. Wallace's wife told police that he'd hanged himself. He was ...

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The private documents of David Foster Wallace have been purchased by the University of Texas. According to Entertainment Weekly, among the author's possessions were annotated copies of books from ...

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In 2008, I found myself in Rome searching for The Savage Detectives by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño. The book was sold out, and the friendly clerk at the bookstore handed me Infinite Jest by David ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - David Foster Wallace, the writer best known for his critically acclaimed 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," was found dead at his home in Claremont, California, police said. The ...