The Pale King, David Foster Wallace stationery When the body of a

When the body of a young woman is discovered deep beneath the icy waters of Lake Grant

Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness

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His apparently innocent involvement in such innocuous events as the throwing of a snowball or the teaching of card tricks to a small boy in the end prove neither innocent nor innocuous

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The Pale King, David Foster Wallace stationery When the body of aThe "breathtakingly brilliant" novel by the author of Infinite Jest (New York Times) is a deeply compelling and satisfying story, as hilarious and fearless and original as anything Wallace ever wrote. The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom survival