The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0316178322
- ISBN-13
- 9780316178327
- Series
- The Pale King
- Category
- Autobiographical fiction
- Pages
- 548
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Author
- David Foster Wallace
Description
The character David Foster Wallace is introduced to the banal world of the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, and the host of strange people who work there, in a novel that was unfinished at the time of the author's death.
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