Brain Pain discussion

William Gaddis published his second novel, J R, in 1975, a full two decades after his debut novel, The Recognitions. JR was awarded the National Book Award for Fiction in 1976.


Wikipedia page for William Gaddis:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_...


Wikipedia page for JR:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_R


The Gaddis Annotations, a reference site for Gaddis’ work:

http://www.williamgaddis.org/



Feel free to use this thread to ask questions and post links to resources for William Gaddis and JR.

Also, if you’ve written a review of the book, please post a link to share with the group.

My review of JR...

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Love this book. It and the Recognitions are two of my favorites.

Sentimental Surrealist wrote: "My review of JR...

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Love this book. It and the Recognitions are two of my favorites."

Thanks for sharing your review! Looking forward to reading all about this nose-picking, butt-scratching genius....

He's a terrific character. Very endearing!

Le Loup de Wall Street made it to the theater in my little town and I saw it last night. I think JR would have been about the same age as Jordan Belfort when he joined Wall Street. Couldn't help but make the psychic connection between the Gaddis book and the Scorsese movie since they both cover the same phantasm of money and its destructive power...

Interesting discussion of JR, and Gaddis in general: Much Goddamned Entropy.