A review by angus_mckeogh
The Pale King by David Foster Wallace

3.0

This was borderline 4 stars. I was actually incredibly impressed with how interesting Wallace was able to make a story about a guy in the IRS. Even the tax code stuff was fairly compelling and humorous. But ultimately since it was published posthumously it seemed to end abruptly and with a lot of open ended questions and parts of the plot remaining. Like a prematurely canceled TV series. I was left wanting it to continue and wrap up; therefore, the star rating dropped a notch. But a really good book.