Monday, September 15, 2008

David Foster Wallace Dies

David Foster Wallace died Friday, September 12th of an apparent suicide at the age of 46. Wallace suffered from severe depression for many years. Wallace was best known for his mammoth 1996 novel, Infinite Jest, a 1,079-page monster that perceives American society as self-obsessed, pleasure-obsessed and entertainment-obsessed.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is enormously sad.