Thought-provoking and playful, this collection confirms David Foster Wallace as one of the most imaginative young writers around. Wallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many different guises. Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person', a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state 'Adult World', which reveals a woman's agonised consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men', a dark, hilarious series of portraits of men whose fear of women renders them grotesque. In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence. * 'A book of formidable creative intelligence, and real moral purpose' OBSERVER
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