Consider the Lobster, and Other Essays (CD-Audio)

from joshberg

This thoroughly brilliant book of essays probably deserves 5 stars; my only quibble is that as a collection it asks a lot of the reader. DFW's metafictional take is effective and charming, with footnotes and annotations that are at least as entertaining as the more traditional text they complemen...

from loafhunter13

Long renowned as one of the smartest writers on the loose, David Foster Wallace reveals himself in Consider the Lobster to be also one of the funniest. In these pages he ranges far and farther in his search for the original, the curious, or the merely mystifying. His quest takes him into the thre...

from Mitchell_Bergeson_Jr

I absolutely loved David Foster Wallace's collection of essays in Consider The Lobster. 5 stars.I found that all of the essays were amazingly well written and thoughtful. This is top shelf reading period. I wish other nonfiction authors could write with 1/2 the skill that is on display throughout...

from albertgoldfain

A treasure as an audiobook read by the late author, this is a small collection of his essays, all of which are on uncomfortable topics. DFW asks such probing and (retrospectively) crucial follow up questions to those of the immediate surface concern that it makes you wonder if you've thought deep...

from nohablo

The perfect marriage of head and heart. Loopily earnest and self-reflexive with a terrifying capacity to understand and understand: not just brain-straining theories, but - more impressively - people. Feels and writes the world with all nerve endings exposed, at once rawly disappointed at the ove...