The Broom Of the System

by Wallace, David Foster

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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New York: Viking.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670812307 . SIGNED by David Foster Wallace & dated in 1996 on the title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. (Inevitable toning to cheap paper stock utilized by publisher. ) 1300 copies printed. Author's FIRST book. (B) ; 8vo 8" - 9" … Read more about this item
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The Broom of the System (Contemporary American fiction)

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New York: Viking Penguin Inc, 1987. First Edition. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original blue paper-covered boards over black spine cloth stamped in metallic turquoise. Toning to pages, else Fine in a like unclipped dust jacket with trivial shelf wear. A lovely copy of David Foster Wallace's first published book.
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New York: Avon Books, 1993. Paperback. Signed by David Foster Wallace on title page in black ink with his printed name crossed out, dated 3/16. [viii], 467, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's illustrated wraps. Second edition, first printing. About Very Good with creased spine, , slight lean, bumped corners, small stain on fore edge, pages toned with age.The author's… Read more about this item
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New York: Viking Penguin, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo. 467 pp. The debut novel by this highly praised author. A trade paperbound book published simultaneously with a very small hardcover edition. Pages lightly tanned as often found. A very good to near fine clean copy. NO remainder markings.
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