The Pale King by David Foster Wallace

A discussion of what I enjoyed most in Wallace’s unfinished final novel. 0:00 Introduction: Threnody on Boredom 8:05 Structure and Outline 21:05 Bureaucratic Heroes 33:02 Recommended if you Like Recommended if you like: Consider the Lobster by Wallace A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by Wallace Oblivion by Wallace Infinite Jest by Wallace The Broom of the System by Wallace, my discussion: https://youtu.be/yGSXlQIqWlM?si=CJckmBDkApSHv4LQ Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters by JD Salinger Franny & Zooey by JD Salinger Angels by Denis Johnson Suttree by Cormac McCarthy The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius The Blue Octavo Notebooks by Franz Kafka, my discussion: https://youtu.be/zE_iHA1hZFY?si=5ck2oP2BhFyF1A_B Essays of Michel de Montaigne JR by William Gaddis The Recognitions by William Gaddis Underworld by Don DeLillo Ava by Carole Maso Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike Dancing in the Dark by Janet Hobhouse The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane Closely Watched Trains by Bohemia Hrabal #booktube #davidfosterwallace