Gaddis not P.....new intro by Joy Williams

[Mark Thibodeau]

"The Rush for Second Place" is a collection of Gaddis essays and marginalia
that might actually be my favorite single book of his, as it is like a
treasure chest full of literary wonders.

But of course JR is his masterpiece (IMO).

Jerky

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 10:19 AM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the tip!
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 8:31 AM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have said this before here but if you need some "extra Gaddis" you
> > should definitely listen to Nick Sullivan do the voices on the audiobook
> > versions of The Recognitions and J R. I listened in my car over the
> course
> > of a commuting year and it was an amazing experience.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 12:58 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I think Gaddis is perhaps my favorite novelist. I started with *JR*,
> >> then went back to *The Recognitions*. I love *A Frolic of His Own*, too.
> >> I managed to find a collection of short stories as well. As soon as I've
> >> finished WIlliam Gibson's *The Peripheral*, I think I'll re-read both
> *The
> >> Recognitions* and *JR*.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 7:40 PM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> thx, Erik. man do i miss Gaddis
> >>>
> >>> rich
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 3:41 PM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > C. Beha reviews Gaddis's J R and The Recognitions (new editions out
> >>> from
> >>> > the NYRB) in Harper's
> >>> >
> >>> > https://beta.trimread.com/articles/44357
> >>> >
> >>> > On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 8:28 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >>> >
> >>>
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