William Gaddis

William Thomas Gaddis, Jr. was an American novelist. The first and longest of his five novels, The Recognitions, was named one of TIME magazine's 100 best novels from 1923 to 2005 and two others, J R and A Frolic of His Own, won the annual U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. A collection of his essays was published posthumously as The Rush for Second Place (2002). The Letters of William Gaddis was published by Dalkey Archive Press in February 2013.

Books by William Gaddis

3 books available

The Recognitions
William Gaddis
4.2 (5k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
William Gaddis's "The Recognitions" is a sprawling story of art forgery and spiritual decay, showing a world where authenticity is a carefully made illusion and the search for truth only leads to more deceptions.
JR
William Gaddis
4.3 (3k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A sixth-grader’s mail-order ambitions explode into a nationwide corporate empire of dubious deals and disaffected adults, revealing the farcical side of American business through colliding voices.
A Frolic of His Own
William Gaddis
3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A man's fight against legal absurdity shows how justice can be both farcical and tragic.