Girl With Curious Hair.
by Wallace, David Foster
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989. First edition of the author's second book and first collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Debra Morton Hoyt. "With this collection of stories, David Foster Wallace, the author of the novel The Broom of the System, proves himself a dynamic writer of extraordinary talent, one unafraid to tackle subjects large and small. Wallace is nothing if not audacious. Real-life heroes, villains, historical figures, sports legends, television personalitieseven dinosaursappear in these stories alongside his fictitious characters, who themselves run the gamut from banal to psychotic When Wallace is at his best he is undoubtedly among the very best" (New York Times).
Synopsis
Girl with Curious Hair is a collection of short stories by David Foster Wallace, first published in 1989. Though they are not related, many of the stories share the theme of society's fascination with celebrity, some using real celebrities, including Alex Trebek, David Letterman and Lyndon Johnson, as fictional characters.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145192
- Title
- Girl With Curious Hair.
- Author
- Wallace, David Foster
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- David Foster Wallace First Edition, Girl With Curious Hair First Edition
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Raptis Rare Books
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- Fine
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