Monthly Archives: August 2016

Wallace, David Foster. Brief Interviews With Hideous Men: Stories. Little Brown, New York, 1999. F;8/16. This set of stories preceded Infinite Jest, but followed The Girl with Curious Hair. Wallace was not using alcohol or soft drugs, but was in (as … Continue reading →

Wallace, David. Girl With Curious Hair. Little, Brown New York. 1989. Electronic Kindle version. F;7/16 Published seven years before Infinite Jest, this short story collection shows Wallace’s range and brilliance getting started. Some of the stories are meditations on celebrities … Continue reading →

Theroux, Paul. Saint Jack. Houghton Mifflin New York, 1973. Electronic Kindle version. F;8/16. I promised myself awhile ago that I wouldn’t write reviews of books I don’t like because it seemed like a waste of time. But this one, written … Continue reading →

L’Heureux, John. A Woman Run Mad. Grove, New York. 1988. Kindle digital version. F;6/16. It’s been awhile since I read this book and I didn’t make many notes. I remember the overall impression as being … blandly strange, I guess. … Continue reading →