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Analysis of the writing style of david foster wallaces. He received bachelor of arts degrees in philosophy and english from amherst college and wrote what would become his first novel, the broom of the system, as his senior english thesis. Read consider the lobster and other essays paperback by david foster wallace author for online ebook. Rather than focus on the expectedthe food or the crowds or even petas obligatory protestwallace turned his attention to the lobsters themselves, who were desperately trying to escape from the pot. Books should be like supercoffee, a wakeup slug to the brain.
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