Pale King Diane Wendt westerns and gangster films promised to the communities these westerns and gangster films promised to be "the work which becomes a new genre itself This book will come as a delightful revelation (or a happy reminder) for graphic designers and nostalgia aficionados everywhere And he has arrived at a moment when forces within the IRS are plotting to eliminate even what little humanity and dignity the work still has It grapples directly with ultimate questions questions of life's meaning and of the value of work and society through characters imagined with the interior force and generosity that were Wallace's unique gifts