I can't believe it! He was 46 and hung himself. He was a genius grant recipient at the tender age of 35 and his senior thesis was THE BROOM OF THE SYSTEM- one of my favorite books. INFINITE JEST is also amazing although longer winded- people LOVE this book. Anyhow- I am sort of shocked and sad. I was talking to someone today and I said that I thought he was just another case of someone having too much intelligence for one brain to handle and therefore he became depressed- but my friend felt it was the averse- that perhaps the craziness opened the door to genius. Maybe it's both I don't know but DFW's father said that his son suffered painfully for 20 yrs. Whats the worth of being such a big success if you can't ever feel joy? Something to think about and learn from his death I suppose
David Foster Wallace R.I.P 1962- 2008
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