A unique portrait of the life and death of a totemic writer - who inspired a generation
D. T. MAX is a journalist and essayist who is a staff writer at the New Yorker, and writes regularly for the New York Times Book Review, and the LA Times. His previous book with Portobello was The Family That Couldn't Sleep (2007). www.dtmax.com
Praise for "Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story"
"All dedicated readers of contemporary American literature will
know the tragic, haunting and ultimately unfathomable story of
David Foster Wallace, the prodigiously gifted writer - no, genius -
who reshaped the contours of both the novel and long-form
nonfiction in his far-too-brief life. D. T. Max has now provided
answers to the questions that can be answered and asked, with tact
and grace, the ones that can't. His biography is a model of deep
scholarly excavation and acute sensitivity, an exemplary feat of
literary portraiture." --James Atlas, author of "Bellow: A
Biography
" "This book is vey well-researched, deeply sympathetic, and
incredibly painful to read. We should feel grateful that this story
was told by someone as talented and responsible as D.T. Max."
--Dave Eggers, author of "A Hologram for the King
" "This book should be handed to anyone who wants to write, if only
to remind the aspiring writer that becoming a voice of generational
significance turns out to be very poor insulation indeed from
struggle, fear, and despair. D. T. Max is beautifully attuned to
Wallace's strengths, whether personal or literary, and bracingly
clear-sighted on his flaws. The result is a book that's moving,
surprising (Wallace voted for Reagan?), and hugely disquieting. If
you love Wallace's work, you obviously need to read this book; if
you don't love Wallace's work, you especially need to read this
book." --Tom Bissell, author of "The Father of All Things
" "A damnably readable, streamlined, yet deeply researched work.
Skipping the ancestors and aftermath of conventional biography, Max
gives us the man, his work, and his times--the niceties of which
(so complicated, so exquisitely intertwined) Max articulates with,
well, Wallace-like lucidity and wit. Above all this is the story of
a touching young man who insisted on being something better than
simply the smartest person in the room." --Bl
Praise for "Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story"
"All dedicated readers of contemporary American literature will
know the tragic, haunting and ultimately unfathomable story of
David Foster Wallace, the prodigiously gifted writer - no, genius -
who reshaped the contours of both the novel and long-form
nonfiction in his far-too-brief life. D. T. Max has now provided
answers to the questions that can be answered and asked, with tact
and grace, the ones that can't. His biography is a model of deep
scholarly excavation and acute sensitivity, an exemplary feat of
literary portraiture." --James Atlas, author of "Bellow: A
Biography
" "This book is vey well-researched, deeply sympathetic, and
incredibly painful to read. We should feel grateful that this story
was told by someone as talented and responsible as D.T. Max."
--Dave Eggers, author of "A Hologram for the King
" "This book should be handed to anyone who wants to write, if only
to remind the aspiring writer that becoming a voice of generational
significance turns out to be very poor insulation indeed from
struggle, fear, and despair. D. T. Max is beautifully attuned to
Wallace's strengths, whether personal or literary, and bracingly
clear-sighted on his flaws. The result is a book that's moving,
surprising (Wallace voted for Reagan?), and hugely disquieting. If
you love Wallace's work, you obviously need to read this book; if
you don't love Wallace's work, you especially need to read this
book." --Tom Bissell, author of "The Father of All Things
" "A damnably readable, streamlined, yet deeply researched work.
Skipping the ancestors and aftermath of conventional biography, Max
gives us the man, his work, and his times--the niceties of which
(so complicated, so exquisitely intertwined) Max articulates with,
well, Wallace-like lucidity and wit. Above all this is the story of
a touching young man who insisted on being something better than
simply the smartest person in the room." --Bl
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