Further Reading
- Additional coverage of Gaddis's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Gale Research: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 17-20, rev. ed.; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 21; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 19, 43; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 2; and Major 20th-Century Writers.
- Eder, Richard, "Literary Legalities," Los Angeles Times Book Review (9 January 1994): 3, 12. (Recounts Gaddis's comic portrait of legal issues in A Frolic of His Own.)
- Klawans, Stuart, "Further Frolics," The Threepenny Review XV, No. 2 (Summer 1994): 12-13. (Offers a comparative review of A Frolic of His Own and Catharine A. MacKinnon's Only Words.)
- McGonigle, Thomas, "Men in Suits," Chicago Tribune—Books (9 January 1994): 3. (Mixed assessment of A Frolic of His Own. Although describing A Frolic of His Own as "the wittiest novel to be published in many a year," McGonigle argues that the book's narrative structure and flawed characters may frustrate readers.)
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