Brief Interviews With Hideous Men : Stories Av David Foster Wallace

<B>In this thought-provoking and playful short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence.</B><DIV><B><br></B>Wallace''s stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many guises. 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 agonized consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and ''Brief Interviews with Hideous Men,'' a dark, hilarious series of imagined interviews with men on the subject of their relations with women.</DIV><DIV><br>Wallace delights in leftfield observation, mining the absurd, the surprising, and the illuminating from every situation. This collection will enthrall DFW fans, and provides a perfect introduction for new readers. </DIV>