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Frolic of His Own made me laugh out loud.  The legal opinions were 
worth the price of the book.


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From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
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Kai Frederik Lorentzen wrote:>> I don't like his style.>> Being 
interested in the sociology of law, I read about 120 pages of "A> 
Frolic of His Own".>> All these lengthy dialogues, perhaps Gaddis 
should have become a playwright> himself ...>this is purely subjective, 
but I think his early work is his best.They get shorter and less great 
(still pretty great, but still...) asyou go on, and you can't help 
thinking about the composer guy in JRwho started off to write a 
symphony and ends up writing (or trying towrite) a little chamber 
piece.JR was fantastic, I thought.  I'd like to have some occasion to 
readThe Recognitions, because by interpolation anyway, it would be 
thebest of all.  Therefore I would welcome a read.I had the same 
thought about Gaddis: to stage it, all you need is ablack box, some 
motivated actors, a devoted audience enough for areally long play (or 
do it in installments), and just use the dialogueas he wrote it.  If I 
ever win the Lotto or otherwise acquire greatwealth and ample leisure, 
I will stage it as a warm-up for my cinemaproduction of Gravity's 
Rainbow.