Wallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many different guises. Venturing inside minds and landscapes that are at once recognisable and utterly strange, these stories reaffirm Wallace's reputation as one of his generation's pre-eminent talents, expanding our ides and pleasures fiction can afford.Īmong the stories are 'The Depressed Person', a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state 'Adult World', which reveals a woman's agonised consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men', a dark, hilarious series of portraits of men whose fear of women renders them grotesque. Other first edition points for books by David Foster Wallace include: Infinite Jest, Oblivion, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, The Pale King, Everything and More, Consider the Lobster and Other Essays.In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence. Picture of the first edition title page for Brief Interviews With Hideous Men. Picture of the back dust jacket flap for the first edition of Brief Interviews With Hideous Men.

Picture of the first edition Little, Brown and Company boards for Brief Interviews With Hideous Men. Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of Brief Interviews With Hideous Men. Picture of dust jacket where original $24 price is found for Brief Interviews With Hideous Men. Picture of the first edition copyright page for Brief Interviews With Hideous Men. Picture of the 1999 first edition dust jacket for Brief Interviews With Hideous Men. Back of dust jacket has four reviews - by New York Times Book Review, Voice Literary Supplement, San Francisco Chronicle, and New York Times. Boards are black paper with white lettering on the spine. First edition criteria are: FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page with full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. It was 273 pages long, and the original retail price was $24. Pages: 273 The first edition of this great book was published by Little, Brown and Company in 1999. First Edition Points and Criteria for Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

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