Writer David Foster Wallace reads the story "The View from Mrs. Thompson's" from Consider the Lobster, January 2006.

David Foster Wallace is the author of Infinite Jest, The Broom of the System, Girl With Curious Hair, and the short story collection Consider the Lobster. His work, Oblivion, was chosen as a New York Times notable book of 2004. Wallace has received the Whiting Award, the Lannan Award for Fiction, The Paris Review Prize for humor, and an O. Henry Award.