Published when Wallace was just twenty-four years old, The Broom of the System stunned critics and marked the emergence of an extraordinary new talent. At the center of this outlandishly funny, fiercely intelligent novel is the bewitching heroine, Lenore Stonecipher Beadsman. The year is 1990 and the place is a slightly altered Cleveland, Ohio. Lenore’s great-grandmother has disappeared with twenty-five other inmates of the Shaker Heights Nursing Home. Her beau, and boss, Rick Vigorous, is insanely jealous, and her cockatiel, Vlad the Impaler, has suddenly started spouting a mixture of psycho- babble, Auden, and the King James Bible. Ingenious and entertaining, this debut from one of the most innovative writers of his generation brilliantly explores the paradoxes of language, storytelling, and reality.
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Hardback Editions
January 1987 : Hardback
| Title: The Broom of the System Author(s): David Foster Wallace ISBN: 0-670-81230-7 / 978-0-670-81230-1 (USA, AU, or UK edition) Publisher: Viking Pr Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
May 2004 : Paperback
| Title: The Broom of the System Author(s): David Foster Wallace ISBN: 0-14-200242-9 / 978-0-14-200242-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 1997 : Paperback
| Title: The Broom of the System Author(s): David Foster Wallace ISBN: 0-349-10923-0 / 978-0-349-10923-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Abacus Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
July 1997 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: The Broom of the System Author(s): David Foster Wallace ISBN: 0-380-73030-8 / 978-0-380-73030-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
May 1993 : Paperback
| Title: The Broom of the System Author(s): David Foster Wallace ISBN: 0-380-71991-6 / 978-0-380-71991-4 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / General Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 1987 : Paperback
| Title: The Broom of the System Author(s): David Foster Wallace ISBN: 0-14-009868-2 / 978-0-14-009868-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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