Saturday, August 21, 2010

Giveaway - The Broom of the System - David Foster Wallace

Thanks to the generous folks at The Hachette Book Group, I have 3 audio book copies of The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace to giveaway.

What's it about?

"The "dazzling, exhilarating" (San Francisco Chronicle) debut novel from the bestselling author of Infinite Jest, available for the first time as an audiobook.

At the center of The Broom of the System is the betwitching (and also bewildered) heroine, Lenore Stonecipher Beadsman. The year is 1990 and the place is a slightly altered Cleveland, Ohio, which sits on the edge of a suburban wasteland-the Great Ohio Desert. Lenore works as a switchboard attendant at a publishing firm, and in addition to her mind-numbing job, she has a few other problems. Her great-grandmother, a one-time student of Wittgenstein, has disappeared with twenty-five other inmates of the Shaker Heights Nursing Home. Her beau (and boss), editor-in-chief Rick Vigorous, is insanely jealous. And her cockatiel, Vlad the Impaler, has suddenly started spouting a mixture of psychobabble, Auden, and the King James Bible, which may propel him to stardom on a Christian fundamentalist television program."

Listen to an excerpt of The Broom of the System. You can find Wallace on Facebook too.


Simply comment to be entered. Open to US and Canada, no po boxes please. Ends Sunday Sept 12th at 6 pm EST. Check the sidebar for ongoing giveaways.

57 comments:

  1. I would like to be entered into the contest.

    headlessfowl at jteers dot net

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  2. I would love to read The Broom of the System :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!
    theluckyladybug[at]gmail[dot]com

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  3. I would love to have this, it sounds really good.
    twoofakind12@yahoo.com

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  4. Please enter me! Thanks, I am Luanne also

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  5. Please, count me in! Thanks.

    denny(dot)gill(at)gmail(dot)com

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  6. I love David Foster Wallace. I'd love to win this book.

    pomflair(at)gmail(dot)com

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  7. Sounds good! Sounds like the main character has more than her fair share of problems to deal with! Please enter me!

    meredithfl at gmail dot com

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  8. Count me in. Thanks for the giveaway.

    forwhlz at gmail dot com

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  9. Hi. Great Giveaway...

    Count me in!

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  10. Please include me in your giveaway.
    Thanks
    Debbie D
    debdesk9(at)verizon.net

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  11. I'm reading Infinte Jest right now and loving it! I would really like the opportunity to listen to a different Wallace book and The Broom of the System sounds terrific! Please enter me in your giveaway!

    ~ Amy
    Aimala127 AT gmail DOT com

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  12. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  13. Thank you for this giveaway! I follow you on GFC.

    Email: melissajackson07@gmail.com

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  14. Sign me up Luanne! rubbieburns at gmail dot com

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  15. I would love to win this so I could have it read to me--I wonder if there are footnotes and if so, how the reader incorporates them?!
    Jeanne(dot)Griggs(at)gmail(dot)com

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  16. No need to enter me, babe. I'm dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I've got this posted at Win a Book for you.

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  17. Thanks for the giveaway, enter me please!

    aigcanada7 at hotmail dot com

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  19. Sounds mysterious! Please enter me.
    pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

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  20. Strange name for a book but, peeks my interest. Please, enter me in the giveaway.

    gcpeach17 at aol dot com

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  21. I have always wanted to read David Foster Wallace! Listening is even better! This book has been on my wish list for a while! Thanks for hosting the giveaway!

    Suzanne
    quzy(at)mac.com

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  22. i think my uncle would really enjoy this one.

    -lauren
    lauren51990 AT aol DOT com

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  23. What an incredibly interesting book

    teechbiz at gmail dot com

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  24. Sounds great—please enter me to win!

    skkorman AT bellsouth DOT net

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  25. Would love to listen to this audiobook.

    rhoneygtn at yahoo dot com

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  26. I would love this - please enter me! Thank you!

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  27. Sounds interesting

    Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<

    bloggyig at gmail dot com

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  28. I loved Infinite Jest, so please enter me in the drawing.

    sfp dot pages dot turned @ gmail dot com

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  29. I would like to be entered. The book sounds very interesting.

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  30. Sounds like an interesting book, I'd love to be entered.

    seriousreader at live dot com

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  31. I'd like to enter, please.

    ikkinlala AT yahoo DOT ca

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  32. thanks for the chance to listen to this book :)

    karenk
    kmkuka at yahoo dot com

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  33. Sounds like a good read
    tjfirth@yahoo.com

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  34. sounds fascinating thanks for the giveaway minsthins at optonline dot net

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  35. So sad that this author died back in 2008... I'd like to win this to see what his writing style was like.

    safoga at gmail dot com

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  36. An old friend of mine recommended this book - I would love to win this so I could listen to it during all of the driving I have to do this fall for swim meets!

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  37. I have a long commute to work, so I'm always looking for great audio books to make the journey more enjoyable. This one sounds really interesting!

    lahlstedt (at) gmail (dot) com

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  38. I'd love to win this one!

    shanaelyse@gmail.com

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  39. I would love to hear this-please add my name into the hat!
    smchester at gmail dot com

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  40. I would love to read this-seems like an interesting read.
    ortizvelasquez at yahoo dot com

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  41. I would like to be entered into the contest.

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  42. Wow! Sounds like a great read. Please enter me. Thanks for the chance.
    jsutton.colorado(at)gmail.com

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  43. sounds good,thanks
    amy16323(at)gmail(dot)com

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  44. I would like to listen to this!

    theyyyguy@yahoo.com

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  45. Sounds like a great listen, thank you-
    Diane Baum
    esldiane@gmail.com

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  46. You gotta love imagination - I'm in.

    ky2here at msn dot com

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  47. Sounds like a good book

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  48. The description make me want to go out and buy it now!

    ardy22 at earthlink dot net

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  49. Well, I certainly can't wait to hear Vlad! lol Thanks for the chance.
    heatherpooh (hotmail)

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  50. I would love to be entered into the contest!!

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  51. Thank you for the great giveaway please count me in :) klp1965 (AT) myfairpoint (DOTNET)

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  52. It sounds like a very interesting book. Thanks for the giveaway. garrettsambo@aol.com

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