David Foster Wallace
Top 10 postmodern books
From opaque theory to giddily playful fiction by Chris Kraus and Salman Rushdie, the era that followed modernism is as much about politics as art
Stuart Jeffries
03, Nov, 2021 @12:00 PM
On the Road to Bridget Jones: five books that define each generation
Blake Morrison on boomers, Chris Power on Gen X, Megan Nolan on millennials and Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé on Gen Z … which books shaped your generation?
Blake Morrison, Chris Power, Megan Nolan Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Steven Poole
19, Jun, 2021 @7:00 AM
Fatima Bhutto: ‘David Foster Wallace on David Lynch is pretty funny’
The novelist on admiring Maggie Nelson and Rachel Kushner, and being irritated by William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury
Fatima Bhutto
26, Apr, 2019 @8:59 AM
Top 10 books about idleness | Josh Cohen
From Oscar Wilde to Sigmund Freud and David Foster Wallace, a psychoanalyst recommends reading that turns a critical eye on busyness
Josh Cohen
06, Feb, 2019 @10:41 AM
Not Working by Josh Cohen - the benefits of idleness
A polemic against our overwork culture and a manifesto for just being rather than doing ... let’s learn from the slackers
Barbara Taylor
12, Jan, 2019 @12:00 PM
David Foster Wallace was right – even in paradise we will need the internet | Brigid Delaney
There was one thing he didn’t predict: that when entertainment and addiction met in the internet, rage and hate would follow
Brigid Delaney
20, Sep, 2018 @3:03 AM
You know who knew the real John McCain? David Foster Wallace | Jill Abramson
Tributes and takedowns misunderstand the senator’s nature. The novelist didn’t: McCain was flawed and he knew it writes Guardian US columnist Jill Abramson
Jill Abramson
27, Aug, 2018 @5:00 AM
The best tennis books: Benjamin Markovits serves up his favourites
As Wimbledon 2018 starts, the novelist tips books on Agassi and Federer – with a volley from Roth and Updike
Benjamin Markovits
02, Jul, 2018 @5:29 AM
Morality clauses: are publishers right to police writers?
Offensive opinions. Bullying. Sexual misconduct. As the literary world is rocked by scandal US publishers are asking authors to sign contracts with ‘morality clauses’. Are they really the answer?
Claire Armitstead
13, Jun, 2018 @4:52 PM
The Recovering by Leslie Jamison review – on giving up booze
This much-touted literary love letter to Alcoholics Anonymous is too moral in its argument for the superiority of the sober
Rick Whitaker
27, Apr, 2018 @8:00 AM
Top 10 errant teenagers in fiction
From Infinite Jest’s antsy prodigy to Brighton Rock’s haunted antihero, debut novelist Danny Denton picks the best bad girls and boys in books
Danny Denton
31, Jan, 2018 @10:13 AM
Moving Kings by Joshua Cohen review – the baggage of the past in contemporary America
Two young Israeli former soldiers find parallels with home when living in the US
Ian Sansom
09, Sep, 2017 @1:01 PM
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