Boredom. I can almost hear David Foster Wallace’s laughter from the afterlife when he learns that his unfinished novel, The Pale King, turned out to be his most accessible and popular work when it was edited and published posthumously. This almost six-hundred-page novel makes boredom funny. Set at an IRS office in Peoria, Illinois, the characters made me laugh out loud and their boring work and lives becomes fodder for Wallace’s careful choice of words and presentation of life in all its richness. Readers who can tolerate odd structure will be rewarded with a rich reading experience and lots of laughter.Rating: Three-star (Recommended)
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