{"product_id":"consider-lobster-other-essays-9780316013321-new","title":"Consider the Lobster and Other Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of David Foster Wallace's witty and deeply observant essays exploring everything from lobster festivals and politics to the nature of human suffering, from the bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"brilliantly entertaining...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eConsider the Lobster\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e proves once more why Wallace should be regarded as this generation's best comic writer\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wallace can do sad, funny, silly, heartbreaking, and absurd with equal ease; he can even do them all at once.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BACK BAY BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52598711845154,"sku":"9780316013321-new","price":17.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780316013321.jpg?v=1789959694","url":"https:\/\/www.albakireads.com\/products\/consider-lobster-other-essays-9780316013321-new","provider":"AlbakiReads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}