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. Hes so modern hes in a different time-space continuum from the rest of us. Goddamn him ZADIE SMITH A 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. Wallaces talent is such that you cant help wondering: how good can he get? TIME OUT