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JR | William Gaddis
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 more 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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JR | William Gaddis

This is my second reading of the novel. It‘s shockingly brilliant. It‘s a vast landscape of ideas and characters. It‘s almost entirely unattributed dialogue, so a close reading is required.

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#catchingup on #septembowie #day22 - #thisisnotamerica

I feel like any use of this expression these days either has to be oblivious or ironic.

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#maybookflowers day 7 - #blackandwhitecovers

William Gaddis is another author I'm primed to get into, but whose books are so imposing that I'm hesitant to commit.

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