u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'One of the most dazzling luminaries of contemporary American fiction' u003ciu003eSunday Timesu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003e'The most commanding and exciting and inventive rhetorical virtuosity of any writer alive... [He] nailed it like nobody else ever had' Jonathan Franzenu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003e'[He was] first among us. The most talented, most daring, most energetic and original, the funniest... This man got inside the world's mind and changed it for the better' George Saundersu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003e'Radical, impassioned, heart-and brain-stretching... His talent was so obviously great it confused people' Zadie Smithu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eDiscover one of the most celebrated writers of our age - the visionary author of u003ciu003eInfinite Jestu003c/iu003e andu003ciu003eA Supposedly Fun Thing I Will Never Do Againu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e From genre-defining reportage to genre-breaking fiction, David Foster Wallace captured the human experience as no-one else has - in all its multiplicity, sorrow and tenderness, wit and irony and deep, dazzling truth.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Penguin presents the very best of his collected fiction and nonfiction, including extracts from his most famous novels, short stories and iconic essays such as 'Consider the Lobster'. Alongside these classic pieces is exclusive, previously unpublished work, and critical contributions from twelve prominent authors and thinkers, all commissioned specifically for this collection.u003c/pu003e