In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace n
udges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligenc
e. Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person', a dazzling and blackly humorous
portrayal of a woman's mental state; 'Adult World', which reveals a woman's ago
nised consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and '
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men', a dark, hilarious series of portraits of men
whose fear of women renders them grotesque. Wallace's stories present a world w
here the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in ma
ny different guises.
