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The Pale King

by David Foster Wallace

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An unfinished novel by David Foster Wallace depicting the daily struggles and inner lives of IRS employees in a Midwestern processing center.

ISBN-13 9780316074223 ASIN 0316074225 Views 74 Publisher Little, Brown Paperbacks Year 2012 Edition Reprint Format Paperback Product Group Book Pages 592 Created February 14, 2026 Updated September 11, 2026

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The Pale King is an unfinished novel by David Foster Wallace.

It centers on employees at an IRS processing center in Illinois.

The narrative examines themes of boredom, attention, and bureaucracy.

The work was published posthumously from the author's notes and drafts.

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