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David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) is the author of Infinite Jest, Girl with Curious Hair, "Everything and More, The Broom of the System", and other fiction and nonfiction. Among his honors, he received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and a Whiting Writers' Award.

David Foster Wallace book reviews

  • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments 5 out of 5

    Laughter into the Void

    by riverrun, Oct 24, 2010

    At age 46, David Foster Wallace, author of the 1,088-page novel Infinite Jest, hung himself. In an Atlantic Monthly review of Infinite Jest, Sven Birkerts called Wallace “a wild-card savant” among ... read more

  • Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity 5 out of 5

    More IS More

    by RoweBOTT, Aug 21, 2009

    DF Wallace blows the lid off of everything we (laymen) thought we knew. The care and feeding that he provided to get into the heart of infinity issues was most commendable. A must read for anyone ... read more

  • McCain's Promise: Aboard the Straight Talk Express with John McCain and a Whole Bunch of Actual Reporters, Thinking about Hope 4 out of 5

    Rolling Stone essay

    by RoweBOTT, Aug 20, 2009

    Wanted a more permanent copy. D>F> Wallace had some heavy slogging with the political-core. He describes the suits as what they are. read more

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