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by David Foster Wallace (Author) "Most really pretty girls have pretty ugly feet, and so does Mindy Metalman, Lenore notices, all of a sudden ..." (more)

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Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Penguin Paperbacks; Reprint edition (May 24 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0142002429
ISBN-13: 978-0142002421
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 318 g

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The year is 1990, and the place Cleveland. Lenore Beadsman works as a telephone operator for Frequent and Vigorous Publishers. Her roommate's name is Candy Mandible, their parrot is Vlad the Impaler, there is a Judith Prietht, and businesses have names like Hunt and Peck. Lenore's great-grandmother and several cronies disappear from their nursing home, and the search for them leads across the Great Ohio Desert (G.O.D.). The novel is largely dialogue, much of it quite funny and perceptive. Obviously not aimed at the Danielle Steel or Robert Ludlum crowds, Wallace's book will appeal to people his age (mid-20s) and to older readers who enjoy trying the unfamiliar. Libraries serving such patrons should consider it. Mary K. Prokop, CEL Regional Lib., Savannah, Ga.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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An ongoing affair with her boss, the imminent TV stardom of her talking cockatiel, and now the mysterious disappearance of her great-grandmother and twenty-five other elderly inmates from a nursing home threatens the emotional stability of Lenore Stonecipher Beadsman. Reissue. NYT. "

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5.0 out of 5 stars Like nourishing brain candy, April 17 2009

By	J. Tobin Garrett (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

First let me preface by saying that, no, I have not read Infinite Jest. I wanted to read his two novels in the order that they were written, hence Broom of the System came first. So I'm not going to spend time here comparing the merits of the two novels, since I can't.

Broom of the System is a strange, off-beat, inventive, hilarious and philosophical novel. DFW has a love for incorporating many view points and different styles of writing; in this novel alone we get transcripts, first person diary entries, stories within stories, third person and even a news release at one part. But that's not to say that the novel doesn't have a cohesive feel.

The plot is too complex to really go into totally, but it centres around the disappearance of Lenore Beadsman's grandmother, also named Lenore. Lenore, a philosophy major, has an overbearing and super jealous boyfriend, who also happens to be her boss at a publishing house in which she works as a switchboard director. She has a roommate named Candy Mandible, a wide ranging and bizarre family (of whom, her brother, LaVache with his drug habits and prosthetic leg, is the best), and a bird named Vlad the Impaler.

The style is kind of like a cross between Don DeLillo's dialogue and Kurt Vonnegut's social satire. But really there is nothing quite like reading David Foster Wallace. For those that are frightened of David Foster Wallace for whatever reason, don't be. His short story writing, especially in Oblivion, can be inaccessible and frustrating, but luckily Broom of the System doesn't fall into either of those categories.

This is the kind of novel that you can analyze, if you wish, and get into the philosophy, or you can just read it because it's hilarious. Win win, really.

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