Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace

By D. T. Max

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction

D. T. Max wrote the first biography of David Foster Wallace, the author of Infinite Jest. Drawing on letters, manuscripts and interviews, Max follows Wallace from his childhood and early success with The Broom of the System through his struggles with depression and addiction, the writing of Infinite Jest and his teaching. The book ends with his work on The Pale King and his suicide in 2008.

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