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Bostonist Books: On David Foster Wallace and Self-Indulgence 
Bostonist | by Kerry Skemp | Mon, Sep 15
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Acclaimed novelist, Amherst College graduate, and Harvard philosophy student David Foster Wallace committed suicide this weekend. Infinite Jest, perhaps his best known work, was set in Boston. Evan Fleischer provides commentary on the tragic event.
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