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		joshfinnie on Dec 6, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Best book you read in 2010 and briefly why My choice: Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace I was actually very surprised on how insightful this book was. It is a great look into the inner mind of a prolific writer and the anguish he felt by in genius.

tptacek on Dec 6, 2010 [–]

Man, I couldn't possibly disagree more. I really enjoyed Wallace's voice in this book, but felt like David Lipsky injected way, way too much of himself into it.

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