Books - What are you reading?

You are talking about one of the finest writers of the 20th Century here.

And if his fiction isn't good enough for you then try his journalism. The essay he wrote for Harper's when sent him off on Carribean Cruise ship holidays (A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again) is one of the funniest pieces of non-fiction I have ever read. Or his essay on the work of David Lynch. Or the one about the Las Vegas Porn Star Awards. Or read about his own moral crisis when he visits the Maine Lobster Festival. They're all brilliant.

Heck, DFW was also a mathematical genius, so if that's your thing then check out Everything and More - his book on the concept of infinity. Wrap your brain around that one.

I could go on and on.

He was of the most talented and versatile writers to have lived in our time, and OK is the antithesis of DFW.

I completely agree with you. DFW was an astonishingly innovative and talented essayist. I thoroughly enjoyed 'Consider the Lobster' and consistently recommend it to others. I have recently bought 'A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again' and 'Infinite Jest' - ooh the size of it, lovely. His writing is such that I can't help myself from sticking post-it notes all over it, marking out visceral description, razor sharp wit and pure poetry, a practice that sadly makes my books (theory and leisure) look the same.

Nerd-y.