Consider the Lobster

This celebrated collection of essays from the author of  Infinite Jest  is "brilliantly entertaining... Consider the Lobster  proves once more why Wallace should be regarded as this generation's best comic writer" ( Cleveland Plain Dealer ).  Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are