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CLAREMONT, Calif. — David Foster Wallace, the author best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, was found dead in his home, according to police. He was 46. Wallace's wife found her husband had ...
David Foster Wallace, formidable literary talent and sharp-eyed cultural critic, was found dead in his Claremont home at 9:30pm on Friday night. He will be sorely missed. Wallace received a ...
David Foster Wallace hanged himself at his home in California on Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, at the age of 46. A precocious and preternaturally talented writer, Wallace was regarded by many critics ...
David Foster Wallace, the novelist, essayist and humorist best known for his 1996 novel “Infinite Jest,” was found dead Friday night at his home in Claremont, according to the Claremont Police ...
He would show up at Karr’s family home to shovel her driveway after ... In 2012, four years after the death of David Foster Wallace, Mary Karr wrote of him—and his loss—in her poem ...
Anybody familiar with the work of David Foster Wallace would not ... So it follows that even in death -- Wallace, 46, committed suicide Sept. 12 at his home in Claremont -- he remained, in his ...
At the end of 1989, David Foster Wallace was admitted to McLean Hospital ... He had attempted suicide the year before, in his family home, and had also gone from being a marijuana addict to ...
David Foster Wallace—the experimental novelist ... building some bookshelves in his new home. Wallace, who loved chewing tobacco and consuming cheeseburgers at Denny’s, fit right in—almost.
David Foster Wallace, author of the critically acclaimed 1996 novel Infinite Jest, was found dead in his Claremont, Calif., home on Friday. Wallace's wife told police that he'd hanged himself.
David Foster Wallace, the author best known for his 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," was found dead in his home, according to police. He was 46. Wallace's wife found her husband had hanged himself when ...