"How some of the writers I come across get through their books without dying of boredom is beyond me."
—From The Review of Contemporary Fiction interview, Summer 1982, Vol. 2.2
William Thomas Gaddis, Jr. (December 29, 1922 - December 16, 1998) was an American author.
Gaddis is widely considered one of the earliest and most important American postmodern writers of the 20th century.
Novels written by Gaddis with their own pages here:
- The Recognitions (1955)
- JR (1975)
- Carpenter's Gothic (1985)
- A Frolic of His Own (1994)
- Agapē Agape (2002)
Other work:
- The Rush for Second Place (2002)
Tropes found in his work
- Doorstopper: The Recognitions and JR are 956 pages and 726 pages respectively.
