num_pages: 512
description: A dazzling fourth novel by the author of The Recognitions , Carpenter’s Gothic , and JR uses his considerable powers of observation and satirical sensibilities to take on the American legal system.
language: English
title: A Frolic of His Own
titlecomplete: A Frolic of His Own
characters: Oscar Crease, Harold Basie, Harry Lutz
genres: 20th Century, American, Law, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Collections, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction
ratings_count: 1617
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Scribner