47+ The Pale King David Foster Wallace Background. It was planned as wallace's third novel, and the first since infinite jest in 1996, but it was not completed at the time of his death. Here is an excerpt from david foster wallace's unfinished novel, the pale king.

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Wallace is notable for his vivid, detailed realizations of the patterns of human thought and expression. David foster wallace's final, incomplete novel is literally a book about boredom, dullness and the irs. But would the author want us to read it?

Through the combined efforts of his wife, agent, and editor, his final work has been released as the pale king (2011).

To write about the boring parts of life. The pale king is an indisputably essential addition to wallace's bibliography—since it expands on themes wallace had worked with in infinite jest the daily beast: This is all we have of the book that wallace, maybe the most talented unlike infinite jest, the pale king really is difficult. #this is so much more than just its context #i'll restrain myself to only two pale king quotes #david foster wallace #the pale king #quote.