D.T. Max on David Foster Wallace, Different Kinds of Intelligence, Bret Easton Ellis, Irony vs. Sincerity, and 12-Step Philosophy
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The Importance of Emotion in David's Writing
David Foster Wallace's first novel was called Pinchonian by critics in 1987. He says that it wasn't a Pinchon novel but one of the most emotionally complete female characters he has ever seen. In an interview with The New York Review of Books, David Foster discusses his work and how Bret Easton Ellis' comments about him remind him of himself. "Brett is kind of like the devil standing on David Foster wall to shoulder 1988 or 89"
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