JR
Gaddis, William, 1831-19082020
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JR is an 11 year old capitalist, who embodies the cash culture he grows up in. The young boy manipulates his meagre economic beginnings including a shipment of Navy surplus picnic forks, a defaulted bond issue and turns them into a massive paper empire.
Main title:
JR / William Gaddis ; introduction by Joy Williams.
Author:
Gaddis, William, 1831-1908, author
Imprint:
New York : New York Review Books, 2020.
Collation:
xi, 770 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.
Awards:
National Book Award 1976
ISBN:
9781681374680 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.54
LC class:
PS3557.A28
Language:
English
BRN:
2793408
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