Consider the Lobster

Resumen del libro

For this collection, David Foster Wallace immerses himself in the three-ring circus that is the presidential race in order to document one of the most vicious campaigns in recent history. Later he strolls from booth to booth at a lobster festival in Maine and risks life and limb to get to the bottom of the lobster question. Then he wheedles his way into an L.A. radio studio, armed with tubs of chicken, to get the behind-the-scenes view of a conservative talkshow featuring a host with an unnatural penchant for clothing that only looks good on the radio. In what is sure to be a much-talked-about exploration of distinctly modern subjects, one of the sharpest minds of our time delves into some of life's most delicious topics.

Biografía del autor

David Foster Wallace (Nueva York, 1962; Claremont, California, 2008) es el autor de novelas como La escoba del sistema (1987) o La broma infinita (1996), de libros de relatos como La niña del pelo raro (1986) o Extinción (2004), y de ensayos como Algo supuestamente divertido que no volveré a hacer (1997) o Hablemos de langostas (2005). El conjunto de su obra está considerado como uno de los más influyentes y relevantes de la literatura internacional de finales del siglo xx.