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I'd like to gift a book by David Foster Wallace to a friend/colleague of mine but I'm not sure which.

I made her read that 2005 speech (http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/david-foster-wallace-in-his-own-words)) and 'Incarnations of Burned Children' (http://www.esquire.com/fiction/fiction/incarnations-burned-children-david-foster-wallace-0900)) and she liked both.

Which book should I choose - also: fiction or non-fiction?

>> No.2431598

In b4 Infinite Jest

>> No.2431702

I'd say Gravity's Rainbow.

Oh, wait, you said you wanted to make a shitty gift.

Hmm...no idea, OP. I don't read garbage and I certainly don't impose it upon my friends.

Good day.

>> No.2431705

>>2431702
>I'd say Gravity's Rainbow.
It's by Thomas Pynchon, not DFW.
>Oh, wait, you said you wanted to make a shitty gift.
I didn't.

>> No.2431708

>>2431705
Did I misread? Who's the angsty full-grown man in your pic? Why does he still dress like a teenager?

>> No.2431709

Go for a short story collection, sending her IJ or The Pale King is sort of asking a lot on the recipients part.

>> No.2431718

>>2431705
haha

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>>2431708
>Why does he still dress like a teenager?
He doesn't. And that makes me incredibly sad.

>> No.2431725

K, I'm the Pynchon asshole here.

I say get her A Supposedly Funny Thing...For some reason I know 3 stupid girls who love that and they can't finish Infinite Jest but still have it on their favourite books on facebook.

Let it be known that I think DFW sux and I have a very low opinion of his fans.

>> No.2431728

his essays. in his novels you're the protagonist, he's the antagonist. probably not a great gift

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>>2431722
"HURR DURR THOMAS PYNCHON SUCKS I DONT LIKE HIM IM BETTER THAN HIM" - David Faggot Walrus

>> No.2431756

>>2431579
so wait a minute... let me get this straight, you want to get a DFW book for a gift yet you dont know which one to get? How the fuck? Have you not read them? Why would you wanty to ddio;hadgp;ioguahduklswsdlfgasljk;

troll

>> No.2431763

why was he always wearing a bandana? it's so contrasting with his personality i don't understand.

>> No.2431767

Get her short fiction broski, short story collections make the best gifts because there's no pressure on the recipient to finish some mammoth text to please you.

So i guess either Oblivion or Hideous Men. I'd say Hideous Men.

>> No.2431776

>>2431756
I've read parts of his books but never the whole thing

>> No.2431786

>>2431579
>this thread
For fuck's sake, go to bed, Deist.
Just get her Oblivion if fiction, Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again if nonfiction.

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>> No.2431795

>>2431756
See what I mean?

DFW fans are fucking retarded.