Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays
by David Foster Wallace
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316156116
- ISBN 13
- 9780316156110
- Seller
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Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
First Edition, First Printing, book is in very good+ condition, slight bumping to base and head of spine, remainder mark on the bottom text block, otherwise very clean and tight. Dustjacket is very good, slight stain and scratches now in a mylar cover.
Synopsis
Consider the Lobster (2005) is a collection of essays by novelist David Foster Wallace. It is also the title of one of the essays, which was published in Gourmet Magazine in 2004. The entire list of essays is as follows: "Big Red Son" Wallace's account of his visit to the AVN Awards, an event that has been dubbed the Academy Awards of pornographic film, and its associated Expo. (originally published in Premiere as "Neither Adult Nor Entertainment" under the pseudonyms Willem R.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Doc & Butler Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200785
- Title
- Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays
- Author
- David Foster Wallace
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316156116
- ISBN 13
- 9780316156110
- Publisher
- Little, Brown And Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005-12
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- Remainder Mark
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