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To be sure, there are places where he perks up. It's truly wonderful to see him geek out over a book on language usage, and his thoughts on the humor in Kafka and his Midwestern neighbors' reaction to 9/11 evoke a depth without despondence.

Certainly revealing much about the author in addition to the subject (not to mention the exhaustive (ing?) footnotes) is the pleasurable trademark to focus on here, though; and DFW is in excellent form throughout all of these essays.]]>