The Broom of the System
Categories: Literature & Fiction
The Broom of the System (1987) is David Foster Wallace's first novel, written while he was at Amherst College. Lenore Beadsman, a switchboard operator in Cleveland, is looking for her great-grandmother, who has escaped from a nursing home with other residents. Along the way she deals with her jealous boyfriend, her rich family and a cockatiel that starts talking on a Christian radio show.
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