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The Pale King

David Foster Wallace

548 pages

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About this book

The character David Foster Wallace is introduced to the banal world of the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, and the host of strange people who work there, in a novel that was unfinished at the time of the author's death.

Themes
Dark & BroodingFunny & SatiricalPhilosophy & Big IdeasThought-ProvokingWhat Does It All Mean?Finding meaning in boredomThe seduction of distractionSuffering as a choice
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