The Pale King
The Pale King is a posthumous unfinished novel by David Foster Wallace that will be published in 2010 by Little, Brown and Company[1].
Plot introduction
The novel portrays IRS agents working in a Midwestern office attempting to overcome the "intense tediousness" of their jobs. The story's central theme reflects that of Wallace's noted 2005 commencement speech at Kenyon College,[2] in which Wallace encouraged his audience to be "conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience."[3]
Published excerpts
Three confirmed excerpts from The Pale King have been published in U.S. magazines:
- Good People, in the February 5, 2007, issue of The New Yorker.
- The Compliance Branch, in the February 2008 issue of Harper's.
- Wiggle Room, in the March 9, 2009, issue of The New Yorker.
- "All That", in the December 14, 2009, issue of The New Yorker.
External links
References
- ^ Unfinished Novel by David Foster Wallace to Be Published Yahoo News, March 2, 2009
- ^ Krajeski, Jenna. This is Water, The New Yorker, September 22, 2008.
- ^ Thompson, Bob. New Yorker to Publish Part of Unfinished Wallace Novel, The Washington Post, March 2, 2009.
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