{"product_id":"consider-the-lobster-and-other-essays-9780316013321","title":"Consider the Lobster and Other Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis celebrated collection of essays from the author of \u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest \u003c\/i\u003eis \"brilliantly entertaining...\u003ci\u003eConsider the Lobster\u003c\/i\u003e proves once more why Wallace should be regarded as this generation's best comic writer\" (\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling narrative adventures. Whether covering the three-ring circus of John McCain's 2000 presidential race, plunging into the wars between dictionary writers, or confronting the World's Largest Lobster Cooker at the annual Maine Lobster Festival, Wallace projects a quality of thought that is uniquely his and a voice as powerful and distinct as any in American letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wallace can do sad, funny, silly, heartbreaking, and absurd with equal ease; he can even do them all at once.\" --Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316013321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.29h x 5.45w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/26\/2008 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Foster Wallace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635962114204,"sku":"9780316013321","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e33a49ad-1872-4e3b-bbb5-c6d7ca832ed7.jpg?v=1603841008","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/consider-the-lobster-and-other-essays-9780316013321","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}