David Wallace
David Wallace
A brilliant but troubled author, he is best known for Infinite Jest (1996) and other philosophically complex novels. He committed suicide at the age of forty-six.
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 February 1962
CityIthaca, NY
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