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The Broom of the System

A Novel (Penguin Orange Collection)

A Novel (Penguin Ink)

A Novel

By David Foster Wallace

By David Foster Wallace

By David Foster Wallace
Illustrated by Duke Riley

By David Foster Wallace
Illustrated by Duke Riley

By David Foster Wallace

By David Foster Wallace

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Part of Penguin Orange Collection

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Oct 18, 2016 | ISBN 9780143129448

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Jun 29, 2010 | ISBN 9780143116936

Ebook $14.99

May 25, 2004 | ISBN 9781101153536

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    About The Broom of the System

    Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback

    Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition
     
    For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin Classics, the Penguin Orange Collection celebrates the heritage of Penguin’s iconic book design with twelve influential American literary classics representing the breadth and diversity of the Penguin Classics library. These collectible editions are dressed in the iconic orange and white tri-band cover design, first created in 1935, while french flaps, high-quality paper, and striking cover illustrations provide the cutting-edge design treatment that is the signature of Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions today.

    The Broom of the System
     
    The “dazzling, exhilarating” (San Francisco Chronicle) debut novel from one of the most groundbreaking writers of his generation, The Broom of the System is an outlandishly funny and fiercely intelligent exploration of the paradoxes of language, storytelling, and reality.

    About The Broom of the System

    The “dazzling, exhilarating” (San Francisco Chronicle) debut novel from one of this century’s most groundbreaking writers

    Published when David Foster Wallace was just twenty-four years old, The Broom of the System stunned critics and marked the emergence of an extraordinary new talent. At the center of this outlandishly funny, fiercely intelligent novel is the bewitching heroine, Lenore Stonecipher Beadsman. The year is 1990 and the place is a slightly altered Cleveland, Ohio. Lenore’s great-grandmother has disappeared with twenty-five other inmates of the Shaker Heights Nursing Home. Her beau, and boss, Rick Vigorous, is insanely jealous, and her cockatiel, Vlad the Impaler, has suddenly started spouting a mixture of psycho-babble, Auden, and the King James Bible. Ingenious and entertaining, this debut from one of the most innovative writers of his generation brilliantly explores the paradoxes of language, storytelling, and reality.

    About The Broom of the System

    Published when Wallace was just twenty-four years old, The Broom of the System stunned critics and marked the emergence of an extraordinary new talent. At the center of this outlandishly funny, fiercely intelligent novel is the bewitching heroine, Lenore Stonecipher Beadsman. The year is 1990 and the place is a slightly altered Cleveland, Ohio. Lenore’s great-grandmother has disappeared with twenty-five other inmates of the Shaker Heights Nursing Home. Her beau, and boss, Rick Vigorous, is insanely jealous, and her cockatiel, Vlad the Impaler, has suddenly started spouting a mixture of psycho-babble, Auden, and the King James Bible. Ingenious and entertaining, this debut from one of the most innovative writers of his generation brilliantly explores the paradoxes of language, storytelling, and reality.

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    About David Foster Wallace

    David Foster Wallace is the award-winning author of several short story and essay collections as well as two novels. Most recently, he is the author of the biography Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity.

    About David Foster Wallace

    David Foster Wallace is the award-winning author of several short story and essay collections as well as two novels. Most recently, he is the author of the biography Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity.

    About David Foster Wallace

    David Foster Wallace is the award-winning author of several short story and essay collections as well as two novels. Most recently, he is the author of the biography Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity.

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction | Classic Fiction

    Paperback | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Oct 18, 2016 | 480 Pages | 5-1/8 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143129448

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jun 29, 2010 | 480 Pages | 5-1/8 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143116936

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    May 25, 2004 | 480 Pages | ISBN 9781101153536

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