{"product_id":"consider-the-lobster-and-other-essays","title":"Consider the Lobster and Other Essays","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eConsider the Lobster and Other Essays\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Foster Wallace\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780316013321\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBack Bay Books, 2006\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2007\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e352\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eReading copy with considerable wear. May have marking in text. Binding may be cracked; all pages present. Does not include dust jacket. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all order\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis celebrated collection of essays from the author of \u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest \u003c\/i\u003eis \"brilliantly entertaining...\u003ci\u003eConsider the Lobster\u003c\/i\u003e proves once more why Wallace should be regarded as this generation's best comic writer\" (\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling narrative adventures. Whether covering the three-ring circus of John McCain's 2000 presidential race, plunging into the wars between dictionary writers, or confronting the World's Largest Lobster Cooker at the annual Maine Lobster Festival, Wallace projects a quality of thought that is uniquely his and a voice as powerful and distinct as any in American letters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Wallace can do sad, funny, silly, heartbreaking, and absurd with equal ease; he can even do them all at once.\" --Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books, 2006","offers":[{"title":"Consider the Lobster and Other Essays | David Foster Wallace | Paperback | 9780316013321 | Used: Acceptable | Back Stacks I 1773314","offer_id":50753626079490,"sku":"1773314","price":18.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71_5sVm6nmL.jpg?v=1792009032","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/consider-the-lobster-and-other-essays","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}