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The Pale King by David Foster Wallace, Michael Pietsch · Booklabria

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First published: 2011
Language: English
Editions: 10

Synopsis

The character David Foster Wallace is introduced to the banal world of the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, and the host of strange people who work there, in a novel that was unfinished at the time of the author's death.

Subjects: Psychological
Humorous
Biographical
Illinois
Civil service
Office politics
Characters: David Foster Wallace

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