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The Pale King
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 19 hrs and 15 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom-survival training, he learns of the extraordinary variety of personalities drawn to this strange calling. And he has arrived at a moment when forces within the IRS are plotting to eliminate even what little humanity and dignity the work still has.
The Pale King remained unfinished at the time of David Foster Wallace's death, but it is a deeply compelling and satisfying novel, hilarious and fearless and as original as anything Wallace ever undertook. It grapples directly with ultimate questions - questions of life's meaning and of the value of work and society - through characters imagined with the interior force and generosity that were Wallace's unique gifts. Along the way it suggests a new idea of heroism and commands infinite respect for one of the most daring writers of our time.
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What the critics say
"One hell of a document and a valiant tribute to the late Wallace.” (Publishers Weekly)
"Deeply sad, deeply philosophical...The Pale King will be minutely examined by longtime fans for the reflexive light it sheds on Wallace's oeuvre and his life. But it may also snag the attention of newcomers, giving them a window...into this immensely gifted writer's vision of the human condition as lived out in the middle of America." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)
"The Pale King is by turns funny, shrewd, suspenseful, piercing, smart, terrifying, and rousing." (Laura Miller, Salon)
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- Ben
- 2022-01-13
Audiobook Not Recommended
This audiobook does not follow the format or full text written and published in print. All of the footnotes are missing and occasional words are changed or dropped. Good work, poorly produced.
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- JD
- 2021-06-17
David foster wallace. What more really needs to be said
Feels unfinished and comes with an aura of sadness knowing this was the last piece of work he left behind but regardless of all that it is a piece of art in every sense and David foster wallace is a genius. My only wish is that he wrote more
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