Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself

Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself
First edition
AuthorDavid Lipsky
LanguageEnglish
PublisherBroadway Books
Publication date
April 13, 2010
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages352
ISBN0-307-59243-X
Preceded byAbsolutely American 
Followed byThe 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]

  1. ^ "The Winners". The New York Times. May 1, 2009.
  2. ^ "NPR Best Books of 2010". NPR.org. 2010.
  3. ^ "Editors' Choice, June 6, 2010". The New York Times Book Review.
  4. ^ "Best Sellers, April 26, 2010". The New York Times Book Review.
  5. ^ "The End of the Tour (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on September 20, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "The End of the Tour". Metacritic. Archived from the original on July 7, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2021.