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Rumpus Book ClubOctober 2nd, 2009
Michael McLaughlin: The Last Book I Loved, Carpenter’s Gothic
William Gaddis is one of those writers I’ve been hearing about for years, a writer’s writer of difficult but rewarding fiction, a post-modern master. The Recognitions is considered his masterpiece, but it’s a huge, intimidating book, so I picked up Carpenter’s Gothic not long ago with no idea what to expect.
The story involves a married couple, Paul and Elizabeth, renting a house (the Carpenter’s Gothic of the title) from a mysterious divorced geologist. …more
