Posthumous Novels

The author's dead but the books keep coming :

Keroac's (left) "lost" first novel My Brother, The Sea is to be published for the first time.

David Foster Wallace committed suicide last September , but two hundred pages of a new novel, The Pale King, were discovered by his wife, and the book due to be published next year.

Then there's Roberto Bolano ... whose 2666 was published posthumously. Two more novels were found among his papers.

And now, it seems, there are two more Michael Crichton (right) novels set to appear! One is apparently an historical adventure story and the other a techno-thriller.

Being dead shouldn't be considered a handicap at all!

Postscript :

Leave dead authors work alone, says Stephen Moss on The Guardian blog.

David Foster Wallace Dies

Heard the sad new from Preeta that American author David Foster Wallace took his own life on Friday evening at the age of 46. As Preeta says :

... it's a tremendous loss ... was a genius according to most definitions of the word: a true innovator, a challenger of convention, someone who changed his art form as much as he contributed to it. The art of the novel hasn't been the same since Infinite Jest and his influence is apparent in the work of so many who've followed ...

Timothy Williams writes the New York Times obituary and Michiko Kautani appraises his work.

Postscript :

Obituary by Michael Carlson in the Guardian and a heartfelt blog post by Robert Potts.

Guy Adams in the Independent explores the author's dark side.

Charlie Rose interviews him here.

Harpers provides links to a whole lot of his writing.