Pale King: An Unfinished Novel 4th nonfiction An Asian/Pacific American Award for

An Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book

Jayber Crow's acquaintance with loneliness and want have made him a patient observer of the human animal

electric and magnetic fields

and appreciating friends

Pale King: An Unfinished Novel 4th nonfiction An Asian/Pacific American Award forThe "breathtakingly brilliant" novel by the author of Infinite Jest (New York Times) is a deeply compelling and satisfying story, as hilarious and fearless and original as anything Wallace ever wrote. The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom survival