The Broom of the System
of David Foster Wallace
Description
Published when Wallace was just twenty-four years old, The Broom of the System stunned critics and marked the emergence of an extraordinary new talent. At the center of this outlandishly funny, fiercely intelligent novel is the bewitching heroine, Lenore Stonecipher Beadsman. The year is 1990 and the place is a slightly altered Cleveland, Ohio. Lenoreâs great-grandmother has disappeared with twenty-five other inmates of the Shaker Heights Nursing Home. Her beau, and boss, Rick Vigorous, is insanely jealous, and her cockatiel, Vlad the Impaler, has suddenly started spouting a mixture of psycho-babble, Auden, and the King James Bible. Ingenious and entertaining, this debut from one of the most innovative writers of his generation brilliantly explores the paradoxes of language, storytelling, and reality.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 467 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Publication Date May 25th 2004
- First Publication 01/06/87
- Language English
- ISBN 9780142002421
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Cleveland, Ohio (United States)']
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