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The Pale King
by David Foster Wallace
The perfect book for the tedium of tax season is here in DFW’s unfinished book before he died. In a way, you can say this is a antithesis to Infinite Jest which dealt with being entertained to death.
The Pale King deals with being bored to death.
It’s told in a series of very loosely connected short stories set in an IRS office in Illinois as we see how living this job has different effects on each perspective. Think of it like a more psychological take on The Office. This was a more approachable book than Infinite Jest but still a bit of a slog to get through. Still this was nice to see and to explore the mental anguish of a full time job.
The Pale King deals with being bored to death.
It’s told in a series of very loosely connected short stories set in an IRS office in Illinois as we see how living this job has different effects on each perspective. Think of it like a more psychological take on The Office. This was a more approachable book than Infinite Jest but still a bit of a slog to get through. Still this was nice to see and to explore the mental anguish of a full time job.