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interesting--as DFW fans know, FD was in fact DFW's favorite writer. ("Consider the Lobster" is the only DFW work i'm aware of in which he mentions this and dis
by doug1001 10y ago
interesting--as DFW fans know, FD was in fact DFW's favorite writer. ("Consider the Lobster" is the only DFW work i'm aware of in which he mentions this and discussed FD's influence on his own work.)
- roymurdock 10y agoFD and Pynchon share that title from what I remember from Every Love Story is a Ghost Story. Pynchon's V. inspired DFW to write his first novel, The Broom of the System.
- mercer 10y agoDidn't DFW write a review of sorts of Dostoevki or one of his works?
- roymurdock 10y agoHe wrote a review of Joseph Frank's biography of Dostoevsky: http://bookhaven.stanford.edu/2013/04/david-foster-wallace-dostoevsky-wasnt-just-a-genius-he-was-finally-brave http://bookhaven.stanford.edu/2013/04/david-foster-wallace-d...