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A review by orestesfasting
Consider the Lobster And Other Essays by David Foster Wallace
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
DFW's feature and bug are one and the same; his style is easily parodiable, in that it is self-reflective/self-critiquing to the point of self-destruction, simultaneously offering a constant destabilising of truth even as it informs, but also nearly debilitating comprehension in parts - deliberately obstructive, but obstructive nevertheless. Plenty to learn here, though, and plenty of insight - no glib cultural commentary the likes of which frequently dominate essay collections.