Critical Praise
"Reading David Foster Wallace is like listening to the best kind of rock band."
—David Amsden, BlackBook
"Wallace masters every area he writes about. . . . He has the vocabulary. He has the energy. He has the big ideas. He has the attitude."
—Walter Kirn, New York Times Book Review
"Breathtakingly smart."
—Joel Stein, Time
"David Foster Wallace has earned a place as one of America's most daring and talented young writers. . . . His eye for cultural detail is ever sharp, his humor ever dry. . . . Wallace transcends mere dazzling displays and explores human emotions with sensitivity."
—Scott Morris, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"At once cool and intimate, Oblivion reads, to creepy effect, like an X-ray of one of John Updike's classics of marital strain. . . . Wallace has dreamt up a new vocabulary for lives of quiet desperation."
—Troy Patterson, Entertainment Weekly
"Pay attention to this writer. . . . He's telling us a lot about the hypocrisy and the sordidness of modern life, and he doesn't spare anyone."
—Debra Bruno, Chicago Sun-Times
- Category:
- FICTION
- Format:
- TRADE PAPERBACK
- Publish Date:
- 8/30/2005
- Price:
- $14.99
- ISBN:
- 9780316010764
- Pages:
- 336
- Size:
- 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"
