The New Yorker's D.T. Max And Novelist Tom McCarthy Discuss David Foster Wallace

Brilliant, quirky, and gifted David Foster Wallace exploded onto the literary scene with the publication of his compelling novel, Infinite Jest. He was heralded as one of the new great voices in the literary world. Within 12 years of the books publication, at the age of 46, Wallace had killed himself.

Journalist/writer D.T. Max delves deeply into David Foster Wallace’s life trying to figure out the man behind this extraordinary and unusual voice in his new biography, Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story. Join D.T. Max and writer Tom McCarthy as they look more closely at Foster’s gift and his pathos.