{"product_id":"the-rush-for-second-place","title":"The Rush for Second Place","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Rush for Second Place\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam Gaddis\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780142002384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2002\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential collection of nonfiction essays by the National Book Award winning author of \u003ci\u003eJ R\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Frolic of His Own\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam Gaddis published only four novels during his lifetime, but with those works he earned himself a reputation as one of America's greatest novelists. Less well known is Gaddis's body of excellent critical writings. Here is a wide range of his original essays, some published for the first time. From \"'Stop Player. Joke No. 4, '\" Gaddis's first national publication and the basis for his projected history of the player piano, to the title essay about missed opportunities in America during the past fifty years, to \"Old Foes with New Faces,\" an examination of the relationship between the writer and the problem of religion-this diverse collection displays the power of an autonomous literary intelligence in an age increasingly dominated by political and religious conservatism.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"The Rush for Second Place | William Gaddis | Paperback | 9780142002384 | New | Essays 1686443","offer_id":50803940425986,"sku":"1686443","price":40.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/51S5SM-QvWL.jpg?v=1792422604","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/the-rush-for-second-place","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}