J R
A great masterpiece by William Gaddis, with a new introduction by Rick Moody.Winner of the 1976 National Book Award, J R is a biting satire about the many ways in which capitalism twists the American spirit into something dangerous, yet pervasive and unassailable. At the center of the novel is...
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A great masterpiece by William Gaddis, with a new introduction by Rick Moody.Winner of the 1976 National Book Award, J R is a biting satire about the many ways in which capitalism twists the American spirit into something dangerous, yet pervasive and unassailable. At the center of the novel is a hilarious eleven year old—J R—who with boyish enthusiasm turns a few basic lessons in capitalist principles, coupled with a young boy’s lack of conscience, into a massive and exploitative paper empire. The result is one of the funniest and most disturbing stories ever told about the corruption of the American dream.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781564784339 (1564784339)
ASIN: 1564784339
Publish date: February 7th 2012
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Pages no: 726
Edition language: English
To be honest, I'm not sure why I bought this. I saw it sitting on the shelf in the bookstore, and the next thing I knew, I was in the cash line. I'm sure there's some ironic statement about capitalism buried in there somewhere. Gaddis would have a field day with it, wouldn't he?
I just so badly want to shake these people, to tell them to SHUT UP for a second and listen. This book is amazing in it's execution, and the story might take me the rest of my life to finish puzzling out. I found that sometimes it made me feel frantic.
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