Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

by Charles, Josh; Minghella, Max; Forte, Will; Wallace, David Foster; Cannavale, Bobby; Krasinski, John; Cerveris, Michael; Goodwin, Malcolm; Meloni, Christopher; Messina, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781600247378
• ISBN10: 1600247377
• Edition: Unabridged
• Format: CD
• Copyright: 2009-09-08
• Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Summary

In this thought-provoking and playful short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence.

Wallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many guises. Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person,' a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state; 'Adult World,' which reveals a woman's agonized consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men,' a dark, hilarious series of imagined interviews with men on the subject of their relations with women.

Wallace delights in leftfield observation, mining the absurd, the surprising, and the illuminating from every situation. This collection will enthrall DFW fans, and provides a perfect introduction for new readers.

Author Biography

David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) is the author of Infinite Jest, The Broom of the System, and Girl With Curious Hair. His essays and stories have appeared in Harper's, The New Yorker, Playboy, Paris Review, Conjunctions, Premiere, Tennis, The Missouri Review, and The Review of Contemporary Fiction. Wallace received the Whiting Award, the Lannan Award for Fiction, the Paris Review Prize for humor, the QPB Joe Savago New Voices Award, and an O. Henry Award.