The Pale King General

Thought it was really cool, especially liked the 'irrelevant' chris fogle chapter. Only wish he had more time to develop the 'boredom/attention' idea

Got it a few days ago, pg 160. Was a bit unsure about the whole fake "I got put on academic probation and went to the IRS" bit from David Wallace's POV. I know it isn't true and I wonder if that bit would of been radically different if he'd lived.

Plus that bit with that guy giving a lecture on civics and always saying how he was being vauge and "it's got something to do with X" exactly how DFW phrases things in the un-cut interview.

> Thoughts?

Love Leonard Styek so far

Should I check this book out after IJ or not

I've heard it's a pretty big disappointment/waste of time

>>8535821
I read Brief Interviews after IJ. One of my fave books of all time now.

Clearly worse than IJ but still worth a read.

>>8535538
Two of the chapters are worth the price of admission alone. The two really long ones. The one at the bar where the dude is like floating in his chair and the the one about the dude and his dad and the subway station incident? It's been several years since I read it but those were quite good.

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>>8535538
The "wastoid" Fogle part was really great.

>>8535538
skip the chapters up you get to the falcon hunting chick that's when the book is actually interesting

>>8536527
>>8535757
Chris Fogle chapter was long, but the payload was borderline orgasmic. No surprise its popular among the 4chinz crowd, either.

The saga of Marcus the Moneylender and Diablo the Left Handed Surrealist had me in hysterics in public.

That being said, the book is horribly incomplete in terms of both plot and theme. It's just kind of a big question mark. A good read for hardcore Wallace fans, but I certainly wouldn't recommend it to anyone who hadn't read all of his other work,

It would've been DFW's first truly great novel.

Chapters? I think the chapters about the really nice kid, Drinion, the guy who wants to watch all 12 TV stations are classic DFW.

And I want more of that 2nd chapter, more of that fragmented, real-as-fuck writing.

>>8536527
smart man, shitty writer

>>8536552
TPK was my first DFW. I only bought it because of "An Unfinished Novel". Thought it was just an interesting idea. I have since read all of his books except Everything & More and loved them. So fuck you.

I think it could have been better than infinite jest if it was ever finished.
I liked the parts with the ghosts

I liked pretty much the entire book, I think the best chapter was the on with lane dean jr. and his girlfriend. I've read most of dfw's fiction and i think out of everything he wrote that that chapter was the most poetic.

>>8535975
Yeah, those are the two best chapters by far.

The book's opening chapter is stunning. Probably the most beautiful thing he ever wrote and has a true "American" feel.