William Gaddis

A satirically jaundiced view of modern law and justice chronicles the fortunes of Oscar Crease, a middle-aged college instructor and playwright, as he sues a Hollywood producer for pirating a play. 35,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo.

A Novel

A Frolic of His Own

Alawander Bouston 

And where they looked next morning the frozen pond was gone in an unblemished expanse of white under a leaden sky undisturbed by the flight of a single bird in the gelid stillness that had descended to seize every detail of reed and branch as though time itself were frozen out there threatening the clatter of teacups and silver and the siege of telephoning that had already begun.

A satirically jaundiced view of modern law and justice chronicles the fortunes of Oscar Crease, a middle-aged college instructor and playwright, as he sues a Hollywood producer for pirating a play

Frolic of His Own

Daryl Houston

If you want to dip your little toe into the waters of Gaddis's work, this is where to start. You get a sense of his humor and cleverness from this book without the huge investment his other longer books require. It's a good book but probably not a great one.

A Frolic of His Own A Novel