All Things Shining

This is a fantastic book based in phenomenological thought but easily accessible to the non-philosopher. This book uses the tragic suicide of one of America's brightest young philosophers and writers, David Foster Wallace, to show both how truly insightful he was into the faults of our culture and the tragedy that it holds if we can't overcome it. The analysis of sports using some of DFW's own incredible insights into it capping off a philosophical analysis of Western literature from Homer to David Foster Wallace is brilliant though I think the analysis of Moby Dick could be done in more depth. This truly is a must read book for anyone on any side of the political spectrum who is overwhelmed by both the fear and the melancholy and seeming lack of hope in today's culture.