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A Frolic of His Own
by William Gaddis
Aug. 8, 2025 - Aug. 17, 2025 (fiction)

Gaddis, W. (1994). A Frolic of His Own. Scribner.


Scribner, 1994. 512 pages. Paperback. 9780684800523

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feelers have already gone out to the Jews for Jes…
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their gigantic new landlord
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—And Lily? from the kitchen, —the milk? and the b…
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failing at something worth doing
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you only get married for the fourth time once
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the whole society’s based on an adversary culture
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