num_pages: 586
description: William Thomas Gaddis, Jr. (December 29, 1922 – December 16, 1998) was an American novelist. The first and longest of his five novels, The Recognitions, was named one of TIME magazine's 100 best novels from 1923 to 2005 and two others won the annual U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. A collection of his essays was published posthumously as The Rush for Second Place (2002).
language: English
title: A Frolic of His Own
titlecomplete: A Frolic of His Own
characters: Harry Lutz, Oscar Crease, Harold Basie
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, Collections, Novels, Law, Fiction, The United States Of America
ratings_count: 1617
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Viking