The Pale King
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- Seller:Writing2Sell
- Sales Rank:17,899
- Languages:English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
- Media:Hardcover
- Number Of Items:1
- Edition:First Edition
- Pages:560
- Shipping Weight (lbs):1.8
- Dimensions (in):6.5 x 1.8 x 9.5
- Publication Date:April 15, 2011
- ISBN:0316074233
- EAN:9780316074230
- ASIN:0316074233
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Synopsis
The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom-survival training, he learns of the extraordinary variety of personalities drawn to this strange calling. And he has arrived at a moment when forces within the IRS are plotting to eliminate even what little humanity and dignity the work still has.brbriThe Pale King/i remained unfinished at the time of David Foster Wallace's death, but it is a deeply compelling and satisfying novel, hilarious and fearless and as original as anything Wallace ever undertook. It grapples directly with ultimate questions--questions of life's meaning and of the value of work and society--through characters imagined with the interior force and generosity that were Wallace's unique gifts. Along the way it suggests a new idea of heroism and commands infinite respect for one of the most daring writers of our time.
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