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Question: This is my question about a book

plexi — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:45:08 -0800

In David Foster Wallace's essay "E Unibus Plurum" he references a book with Gastro in the title, and likens it to "televisual Image Fiction." What's the full name? Is it worth reading?

By: Optimus Chyme

Optimus Chyme — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:48:10 -0800

My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist.

By: Optimus Chyme

Optimus Chyme — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:49:31 -0800

It's available here. It's interesting, and can be funny, but hoo boy his style gets old quickly. Don't read more than one Leyner book a year.

By: rokusan

rokusan — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:56:15 -0800

"I really, really liked it. It's like nothing else. I laughed out loud in the bathroom." -- David Byrne

How are you not yet sold?

By: languagehat

languagehat — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:53:59 -0800

Don't read more than one Leyner book a year.

And don't read more than one Leyner piece a month. His shtick really doesn't wear well.