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      Girl With Curious Hair

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      In these stories, the author renders the bizarre normal and the absurd hilarious, from the eerily "real", almost holographic evocations of historical figures, to overtelevised game-show hosts and late-night comedians. In the title story, punk nihilism meets Young Republicanism...

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      Description

      Product ID:9780349111025
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Girl With Curious Hair
      Authors:Author: David Foster Wallace
      Page Count:384
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories, Short stories
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      In these stories, the author renders the bizarre normal and the absurd hilarious, from the eerily "real", almost holographic evocations of historical figures, to overtelevised game-show hosts and late-night comedians. In the title story, punk nihilism meets Young Republicanism.

      ''A visionary, a craftsman, a comedian... he''s in a different time-space continuum from the rest of us. Goddam him'' Zadie Smith, Guardian

      ''David Foster Wallace turns the short story upside down and inside out, making the adjectives ''''inventive'''', ''''unique'''' and ''''original'''' seem blasé'' T. Coraghessan Boyle

      ''Truly funny surreal humour'' San Francisco Chronicle

      Girl With Curious Hair
      is replete with the prodigious talent of David Foster Wallace and his remarkable and unsettling re-imaginations of reality. From an eerily ''real'', almost holographic evocation of Lyndon B. Johnson, to over-televised game-show hosts and late-night comedians, to the title story, where terminal punk nihilism meets Young Republicanism, Wallace renders the incredible comprehensible, the bizarre normal, the absurd hilarious, the familiar strange.


      Imprint Name:Abacus
      Publisher Name:Little, Brown Book Group
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:1997-11-06

      Additional information

      Weight266 g
      Dimensions198 × 128 × 24 mm