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The Pale King
David Foster Wallace
The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom-survival training, he learns of the extraordinary variety of personalities drawn to this strange calling.
592 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 5, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780241962114 |
| Publishers | Penguin Books Ltd. |
| Pages | 592 |
| Dimensions | 111 × 180 × 26 mm · 320 g |
| Language | English |
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