The Pale King

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novel posthumous work

The Pale King is an unfinished posthumous novel by David Foster Wallace that explores boredom, bureaucracy, and the search for meaning through the lives of IRS employees in the 1980s.

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The Pale King canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
posthumous work ⓘ
assembledFrom drafts ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
notes ⓘ
author David Foster Wallace ⓘ
authorDeathBeforePublication true ⓘ
authorDeathYear 2008 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive ⓘ
editor Michael Pietsch ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
hasCharacterOccupation IRS employee ⓘ
hasNotableCharacter Chris Fogle ⓘ
Claude Sylvanshine ⓘ
David Foster Wallace ⓘ
surface form: David Foster Wallace (fictionalized character)

Dollard ⓘ
Fact Psychic ⓘ
Glendenning ⓘ
Lane Dean Jr. ⓘ
Leonard Stecyk ⓘ
Meredith Rand ⓘ
Reynolds ⓘ
Shane Drinion ⓘ
Toni Ware ⓘ
isbn10 0316074233 ⓘ
isbn13 9780316074230 ⓘ
isUnfinished true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSetting Internal Revenue Service Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois ⓘ
narrativeStyle fragmentary ⓘ
multiple perspectives ⓘ
narrativeTechnique footnotes ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ
pageCount approx. 548 ⓘ
placeOfComposition United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
publicationDate 2011 ⓘ
publisher Little, Brown and Company ⓘ
setInPeriod 1980s ⓘ
subjectMatter American bureaucracy ⓘ
tax examination work ⓘ
theme American tax system ⓘ
attention ⓘ
boredom ⓘ
bureaucracy ⓘ
search for meaning ⓘ
suffering ⓘ
work and labor ⓘ
wasFinalNovelByAuthor true ⓘ

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David Foster Wallace → notableWork → The Pale King ⓘ
Infinite Jest → followedBy → The Pale King ⓘ