I went to see him give a talk in Trinity a few years ago and was shocked by how sexist and rude he was. Completely soured my opinion of him.An interesting guy. Fantastically clever but deeply deeply indifferent/unaware of how others see him.
![brief_interviews_with_hideous_men.large.jpg](/bbs/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fbookcoverarchive.com%2Fimages%2Fbooks%2Fbrief_interviews_with_hideous_men.large.jpg&hash=4c7299f3400625b8aa4ad2780e882517)
Not DFW's best, but still pretty good, and one I've been trying to tick off my list for a while now. Love the pull-quote on the cover from the Independent's Geoff Nicholson: "Contains longish stretches of genius". Solid stuff, Geoff.