A visionary a craftsman a comedian He can do anything with a piece of prose & it is a humbling experience to see him go to work on what has passed up till now as 'modern fiction' He's so modern he's in a different time-space continuum from the rest of us Goddamn him' ZADIE SMITHA recognised master of form & a brilliant recorder of human behaviour David Foster Wallace has been hailed as 'the most significant writer of his generation' (TLS) Each new book confirms & extends his genius & this new short story collection is no exception In the stories that make up OBLIVION David Foster Wallace conjoins the rawest most naked humanity with the infinite convolutions of self-consciousness
- a combination that is dazzlingly uniquely his' Wallace's talent is such that you can't help wondering how good can he get?' TIME OUT