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| Genre/Form: | Humorous fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Gaddis, William, 1922-1998. J R. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1975 (OCoLC)643661762 |
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
William Gaddis |
| ISBN: | 0394495500 9780394495507 0394731425 9780394731421 |
| OCLC Number: | 1500067 |
| Description: | 725 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Responsibility: | by William Gaddis. |
Abstract:
At the center of this hugely comic tale of "free enterprise" America stands JR--an eleven-year-old capitalist, eagerly following the example of the grasping world around him. Operating through pay phones and post-office money orders, JR inadvertently parlays a shipment of Navy surplus picnic forks, a defaulted bond issue, and a single share of common stock into a vast paper empire embracing timber, mineral and natural gas rights, publishing, and a brewery. At once a novel of epic comedy and a biting satire of the American dream, JR displays the style and extraordinary inventiveness that has made Gaddis one of the most acclaimed writers of our time.
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