Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
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Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace is a literary biography by D. T. Max that chronicles the life, work, and struggles of the American writer David Foster Wallace.
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| Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace canonical | 2 |
| A Life of David Foster Wallace | 1 |
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Target entity: Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace Context triple: [Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story, title, Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace]
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My Salinger Year
My Salinger Year is a 2020 literary drama film, based on Joanna Rakoff’s memoir, about a young aspiring writer working at a New York literary agency that represents J.D. Salinger.
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The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan is a 2018 drama film directed by Xavier Dolan that explores the fallout from a secret correspondence between a young actor and a troubled TV star.
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Ravelstein
Ravelstein is a philosophical novel by Saul Bellow that portrays the life and ideas of a charismatic, intellectually formidable professor loosely based on Bellow’s friend Allan Bloom.
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The End of the Tour
The End of the Tour is a 2015 biographical drama film that chronicles Rolling Stone journalist David Lipsky’s multi-day interview with author David Foster Wallace during the final leg of his Infinite Jest book tour.
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Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys is a 2000 comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Hanson about a disillusioned college professor and novelist navigating a chaotic weekend that upends his personal and professional life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace Target entity description: Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace is a literary biography by D. T. Max that chronicles the life, work, and struggles of the American writer David Foster Wallace.
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A.
My Salinger Year
My Salinger Year is a 2020 literary drama film, based on Joanna Rakoff’s memoir, about a young aspiring writer working at a New York literary agency that represents J.D. Salinger.
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B.
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan is a 2018 drama film directed by Xavier Dolan that explores the fallout from a secret correspondence between a young actor and a troubled TV star.
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C.
Ravelstein
Ravelstein is a philosophical novel by Saul Bellow that portrays the life and ideas of a charismatic, intellectually formidable professor loosely based on Bellow’s friend Allan Bloom.
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D.
The End of the Tour
The End of the Tour is a 2015 biographical drama film that chronicles Rolling Stone journalist David Lipsky’s multi-day interview with author David Foster Wallace during the final leg of his Infinite Jest book tour.
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E.
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys is a 2000 comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Hanson about a disillusioned college professor and novelist navigating a chaotic weekend that upends his personal and professional life.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
biography
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book ⓘ literary biography ⓘ |
| about |
life of David Foster Wallace
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personal struggles of David Foster Wallace ⓘ works of David Foster Wallace ⓘ |
| author | D. T. Max ⓘ |
| basedOn |
archival research
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correspondence of David Foster Wallace ⓘ interviews ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focusesOn |
David Foster Wallace's addiction struggles
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David Foster Wallace's depression ⓘ David Foster Wallace's relationships ⓘ composition of Infinite Jest ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasBiographicalSubject | David Foster Wallace ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject | David Foster Wallace ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | first full-length biography of David Foster Wallace ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Viking Press
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linked to:
The Viking Press
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| setting | United States literary scene ⓘ |
| subjectOf | reviews in major literary publications ⓘ |
| subtitle | A Life of David Foster Wallace ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 1962–2008 ⓘ |
| title | Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story ⓘ |
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linked to: Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace