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The Broom of the System

The Broom of the System - Paperback

by David Foster Wallace
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Availability:In StockContributor:David Foster WallaceSeries:Penguin Orange CollectionPublish date:2016-10-18Pages:480
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780143129448ISBN-10:143129449UPC:9780143129448Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Coming of Age, PsychologicalSize:7.70 x 5.10 x 1.50 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC2CR8XXWZ
Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback

Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books 50 Covers competition

For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin Classics, the Penguin Orange Collection celebrates the heritage of Penguin's iconic book design with twelve influential American literary classics representing the breadth and diversity of the Penguin Classics library. These collectible editions are dressed in the iconic orange and white tri-band cover design, first created in 1935, while french flaps, high-quality paper, and striking cover illustrations provide the cutting-edge design treatment that is the signature of Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions today.

The Broom of the System

The "dazzling, exhilarating" (San Francisco Chronicle) debut novel from one of the most groundbreaking writers of his generation, The Broom of the System is an outlandishly funny and fiercely intelligent exploration of the paradoxes of language, storytelling, and reality.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780143129448ISBN-10:143129449UPC:9780143129448Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Coming of Age, PsychologicalSize:7.70 x 5.10 x 1.50 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC2CR8XXWZ
David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) wrote what would become his first novel, The Broom of the System, as his senior English thesis at Amherst College. He received an MFA from the University of Arizona in 1987 and briefly pursued graduate work in philosophy at Harvard. His second novel, Infinite Jest, was published in 1996. Wallace taught creative writing at Emerson College, Illinois State University, and Pomona College and published the story collections Girl with Curious Hair, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, and Oblivion and the essay collections A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again and Consider the Lobster. He was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and a Whiting Writers' Award and served on the Usage Panel for The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. His last novel, The Pale King, was published posthumously in 2011.
Publisher: Penguin Group

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