Title: Brilliant
Product review: This collection is a delight to read. I found myself laughing out loud several times (not that common in this genre) with delight at his wit and delicious insights. He doesn't pretend to journalistic neutrality, and his ideas are enriched by his personal sharing. He riffs quite a bit on form and structure (most notably through heavy footnoting), but overall his structural innovations serve the meaning of each piece.I had fallen in love with his fiction writing, Infinite Jest especially, back in the late 90s, and it has been quite a while since I've read any DFW. I read an exerpt from The Pale King, and I didn't think I could bear the disappointment of reading the whole thing. But I've missed his prose, his sparkling mind, and his emotional depth. For me, reading this collection of essays was like meeting a dear old friend after a long absence.
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