Last night I decided to re-read Wallace's article for Harper's about his 7-night Caribbean Cruise. It's probably my favourite piece of writing by him. It is sooo funny.
What shocked me was, in the first 10 pages or so, suicide comes up again and again. I didn't remember that at all. It was spooky.
One of his points was that the endless pampering and comfort and forced enjoyment of a luxury cruise brings on a sense of despair.
But I was still laughing at the funny bits.
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I'd never heard of this guy, but he scored an obit in the paper here today.
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