Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

by David Foster Wallace

Dilige et quod vis fac. — AUGUSTINE

that some art is worth the extra work of getting past all the impediments to its appreciation; and Dostoevsky’s books are definitely worth the work.

Material passion is one thing, but ideological passion disgusts us on some deep level.

The following people deserve special thanks for their help with the foregoing:

Harris, Bateman-Zidonis, and Mellon studies of the 1960s.