 First edition | |
| Author | William Gaddis |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | October 12, 1975 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 726 |
| ISBN | 0-39-449550-0 |
| OCLC | 28271816 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3557.A28 J2 1993 |
J R is a novel by William Gaddis published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1975. It tells the story of a schoolboy secretly amassing a fortune in penny stocks. J R won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1976.[1] It was Gaddis' first novel since the 1955 publication of The Recognitions.
To complete the novel, Gaddis received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.[2]
- ^ "National Book Awards – 1976". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
(With essay by Chad Post from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.) - ^ Chetwynd, Ali (2020). "William Gaddis' Education-Writing and His Fiction: A Fuller Archival History". Orbit: A Journal of American Literature. 8 (1). doi:10.16995/orbit.gaddis.1.