Girl With Curious Hair

An early collection of stories that show Wallace's range and appetite for experiment. Some deal with real figures from American life, such as a television host, while others follow disturbed young people or caustic social outsiders in 1980s America. The long closing novella reworks a classic of postmodern fiction in a comic way and reflects on writing and games. The book is full of television, advertising and pop culture, and shows him testing how fiction can respond to a world of images.