Monday, November 03, 2008

DFW's Lost Years and Last Days

"After he died on September 12th, readers crowded the Web with tributes to his generosity, his intelligence. 'But he wasn't Saint Dave,' says Jonathan Franzen, Wallace's best friend and the author of The Corrections. 'This is the paradox of Dave: The closer you get, the darker the picture, but the more genuinely lovable he was. It was only when you knew him better that you had a true appreciation of what a heroic struggle it was for him not merely to get along in the world, but to produce wonderful writing.'"

To his (and our) everlasting credit, Edward Champion wasn't one of those who crowded the Web with high-falutin' flowery flourishes. IMO, David Lipsky's piece is a close second to Ed's (and, for reasons you yourselves shall have the pleasure to discover, in case you haven't already done so).

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