Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself
by David Lipskyliterary work· published 2010
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Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace is a 2010 memoir by David Lipsky about a five-day road trip with the author David Foster Wallace. It is based upon a Rolling Stone magazine story that received the National Magazine Award. Lipsky, a novelist and contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, recounts his time spent with the author of Infinite Jest at the moment when Wallace realized his work would bring him fame, and that this would change his life. The book was a National Public Radio Best Book of the Year, a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, and a New York Times bestseller. A feature film adaptation entitled The End of the Tour was released in July 2015 to critical acclaim.
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Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself was adapted into a 2015 film.
The End of the Tour2015 · film · 106 min · dir. James Ponsoldt · IMDb ↗The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'
