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The Broom of the System: A Novel
Full title: | The Broom of the System: A Novel |
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ISBN: | 9781607883883 |
ISBN 10: | 1607883880 |
Authors: | Wallace, David Foster |
Publisher: | Hachette Original |
Edition: | Unabridged |
Num. pages: | 14 |
Binding: | Audio CD |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2010 |
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Synopsis
The "dazzling, exhilarating" (San Francisco Chronicle) debut novel from one of this century's most groundbreaking writers, The Broom of the System is an outlandishly funny and fiercely intelligent exploration of the paradoxes of language, storytelling, and reality.
Publishers Weekly
Fans of the late, great David Foster Wallace will delight in narrator Robert Petkoff’s wonderful audio version of the author’s first novel. When Lenore Stonecipher Beadsman, a young switchboard attendant at the publishing firm of Frequent and Vigorous, discovers that her great-grandmother has disappeared, her search leads to the recently constructed Great Ohio Desert. Petkoff’s narration is energetic, compelling, and well-paced. He deftly handles Wallace’s linguistic gymnastics and entertains with brutally sharp comedic timing. Listeners will particularly appreciate the range of zany and pitch perfect voices Petkoff lends to Wallace’s equally kooky cast of characters. Fun, funny, and very highly recommended. A Penguin paperback. (June)