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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

By: David Foster Wallace
Narrated by: Ben Shenkman, Bobby Cannavale, Chris Messina, Christopher Meloni, Cory Stoll, David Foster Wallace, Dennis O'Hare, Joey Slotnick, John Krasinski, Lou Taylor Pucci, Malcolm Goodwin, Max Minghella, Michael Cerveris, Will Forte
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In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence.

Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person', a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state; 'Adult World', which reveals a woman's agonised consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men', a dark, hilarious series of portraits of men whose fear of women renders them grotesque. Wallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many different guises.

Thought-provoking and playful, this collection confirms David Foster Wallace as one of the most imaginative writers in contemporary literature. Wallace delights in leftfield observation, mining the ironic, the surprising and the illuminating from every situation.

©2012 David Foster Wallace (P)2025 Hachette Audio UK
Absurdist Anthologies & Short Stories Dark Humour Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Short Stories Witty Funny
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