Consider the lobster and other essays

For this collection, Wallace immerses himself in the three-ring circus that is the presidential race in order to document one of the most vicious campaigns in recent history. Later he strolls from booth to booth at a lobster festival in Maine and risks life and limb to get to the bottom of the lobst...

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Main Author: Wallace, David Foster
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Online Access:Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
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