JR - William Gaddis, Frederick R. Karl • BookLikes (ISBN:0140187073)

by: Frederick R. Karl (author) William Gaddis (author)

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ABSURDLY LOGICAL,MERCILESSLY REAL,GATHERING ITS OWN TUMULTOUS MOMENTUM FOR THE ULTIMATE BRUSH WITH COMMODITY TRADING JR CAPTURES THE READER IN THE CACOPHONY OF VOICES THAT REVOLES AROUND THIS YOUNG CAPTIVE OF HIS OWN MYTHS. THE DISTURBING CLARITY WITH WHICH THIS FINISHED WRITER CAPTURES THE WAYS IN WHICH WE DEAL,DISSEMBLE,STUMBLE THROUGH OUR WORDS - THROUGH OUR LIVES - WHILE THE REAL PLANS ARE BEING MADE ELSEWHERE MAKES JR THE EXTRAORDI NARY NOVEL THAT IT IS.

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780140187076 (0140187073)

ASIN: 140187073

Pages no: 752

Edition language: English

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Classics, Novels, Literature, American, Literary Fiction, 20th Century, Contemporary, Modern, Americana, United States

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The Review Man rated it

13 years ago

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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?

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javajunco rated it

18 years ago

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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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