Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace
8.5 out of 10Your reviewer1 is shocked by the creativity the late D.F.W put into these works of non-fiction. Through correspondences and reviews, the author shows wit and intellectual curiosity while broaching sundry subjects.2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
1That is, me.* 2Lingusitic Prescriptivism vs. Descriptivism 3Why John Updike's protagonists are lonesomely miserable. (J.U. is an asshole)
4Young, apathetic voters 5The humor of Franz Kafka 6Porn 7Eating animals 8Political propaganda on the airwaves
9Fyodor Dostoevsky's literary bravado 10A visit to an elderly neighbor to watch the news on 9/11/2001 in a small Midwestern university town
11The hollowness of an athlete's autobiography *Chip Nota bene: It is unclear if all the irony is intentional.