The Pale King

Resumen del libro

David Foster Wallace's final and most ambitious undertaking - an audacious and hilarious look into the abyss of ordinary life. The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Centre in Peoria, IL, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom-survival training, he learns of the extraordinary variety of personalities drawn to this strange calling. And he has arrived at a moment when forces within the IRS are plotting to eliminate even what little humanity and dignity the work still has. "The Pale King" remained unfinished at the time of David Foster Wallace's death, but it is a deeply intriguing and satisfying novel, hilarious and fearless and as original as anything Wallace ever undertook. It grapples directly with ultimate questions - questions of life's meaning and of the ultimate value of work and family - through characters imagined with the interior force and generosity that were Wallace's unique gifts.

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.