Author | David Lipsky |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Broadway Books |
Publication date | April 13, 2010 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | |
Pages | 352 |
ISBN | 0-307-59243-X |
Preceded by | Absolutely American |
Followed by | The Parrot and the Igloo |
Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace is a 2010 memoir by David Lipsky, about a five-day road trip with the author David Foster Wallace. It is based upon a Rolling Stone magazine story that received the National Magazine Award.[1]
Lipsky, a novelist and contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, recounts his time spent with the author of Infinite Jest at the moment when Wallace realized his work would bring him fame, and that this would change his life. The book was a National Public Radio Best Book of the Year,[2] a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice,[3] and a New York Times bestseller.[4]
A feature film adaptation entitled The End of the Tour was released in July 2015 to critical acclaim.[5][6]