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American fiction writer and essayist (1962–2008)
Also known as: David Wallace, Дэвид Фостер Уоллес, دايفيد والاس, 데이비드 포스터 월리스, デヴィッド・フォスター・ウォレス, 大卫·福斯特·华莱士
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Get your own suggestionsKnown works
- Infinite Jest (1996)
- David Foster Wallace : The Last Interview Expanded with New Introduction
- The Broom of the System (1987)
- The Pale King
- A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again (1997)