![]() ![]() I really suck”-the time and format were ideal. Wallace was in the midst of writing “Infinite Jest,” and his comments to McCaffery on fiction read like a cheat sheet for the book he had going. Despite his initial protests-Wallace objected to McCaffery that he was “probably the world's worst interview. And the capable McCaffery got that from Wallace, for whom rethinking was essential. The protocol makes sense: what the interviewer wants is not the subject's first thought, but his or her best one. ![]() Ah, what you wouldn't give to take it back! But this rarely happens in long, literary interviews, where the subject gets a chance to edit the original exchanges in later correspondence. People often say things they regret in interviews. Most memorably, he explained why he was a writer. ![]() ![]() Wallace talked about rap and postmodernism, his idea of good fiction (William Vollmann) and bad (Mark Leyner), and the shape of the literary landscape. What if an author put forth goals for his fiction so intelligent yet modest, so comprehensive yet dignified, that the reader would not-could not-forget them? Something like this happened to David Foster Wallace when he sat for an interview with Larry McCaffery, for the summer 1993 issue of the Review of Contemporary Fiction. Why have David Foster Wallace’s other works of fiction not gotten the acclaim that “Infinite Jest” has? Photograph by Janette Beckman / Redferns / Getty ![]()
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Cornelius von Baerle lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation. ![]() His jailor's daughter Rosa, holds both the key to his survival and his chance to produce the ultimate tulip. ![]() When his godfather is murdered, Cornelius finds himself caught up in the deadly politics of the time, imprisoned and facing a death sentence. Set at the height of the "tulipomania" that gripped Holland in 17th century, this is the story of Cornelius van Baerle, a humble grower whose sole desire is to grow the perfect specimen of the tulip negra. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even before she had magic, Emerson would have done anything for St. Emerson will need to learn to control what’s inside of her, remember her magic, and deal with old, complicated feelings for her childhood friend-cranky-yet-gorgeous local farmer Jacob North-to defeat an enemy that hides in the rivers and shadows of everything she loves. 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