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David Foster Wallace and “Blurbspeak”
David Foster Wallace hated book blurbs — but his were fascinating....
Lucas Thompson teaches in the English department at the University of Sydney. His doctoral dissertation, completed in 2014, situates David Foster Wallace's work in relation to world literature. He has published numerous academic articles, reviews, and essays on contemporary US fiction.