Girl With Curious Hair

In these stories, the author renders the bizarre normal and the absurd hilarious, from the eerily "real", almost holographic evocations of historical figures, to overtelevised game-show hosts and late-night comedians. In the title story, punk nihilism meets Young Republicanism.

''A visionary, a craftsman, a comedian... he''s in a different time-space continuum from the rest of us. Goddam him'' Zadie Smith, Guardian

''David Foster Wallace turns the short story upside down and inside out, making the adjectives ''''inventive'''', ''''unique'''' and ''''original'''' seem blasé'' T. Coraghessan Boyle

''Truly funny surreal humour'' San Francisco Chronicle

Girl With Curious Hair is replete with the prodigious talent of David Foster Wallace and his remarkable and unsettling re-imaginations of reality. From an eerily ''real'', almost holographic evocation of Lyndon B. Johnson, to over-televised game-show hosts and late-night comedians, to the title story, where terminal punk nihilism meets Young Republicanism, Wallace renders the incredible comprehensible, the bizarre normal, the absurd hilarious, the familiar strange.

• | Author: David Foster Wallace
• | Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• | Publication Date: Nov 06, 1997
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780349111025
• | ISBN-10: 0349111022