The pale king [an unfinished novel]

"The character David Foster Wallace is introduced to the banal world of the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, and the host of strange people who work there, in a novel that was unfinished at the time of the author's death."@en
"Set in the oppressive fluorescent glow of an IRS tax-return processing center in Peoria, Illinois, The Pale King is a novel that confronts head-on one of the greatest challenges of life and art: the ordinary, the familiar, soul-dampening routine."@en
"Partially written before his death, author David Foster Wallace presents a fictitious version of himself as the protagonist in his final novel. When Wallace arrives for training at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, everything appears normal. However, as Wallace quickly learns, normal just isn't the case. From the bizarre boredom-survival training to the wild personalities among his co-workers, Wallace is convinced the IRS is determined to dehumanize and humiliate him."@en