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JR

JR

by William Gaddis

1975FictionBoysCapitalists and financiersFiction in EnglishFree enterprise
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About this book

A humorous take on the American dream as JR, an eleven-year-old boy, uses his newfound knowledge of business and the stock market to build a huge and exploitive business empire.

Themes & subjects

FictionBoysCapitalists and financiersFiction in EnglishFree enterpriseNational Book Award Winner
First published 1975

About the author

William Gaddis
William Gaddis

1922 – 1998

Author

William Gaddis

First published

1975

Pages

725

Read time

≈ 18h

Editions

17

Languages

English, German

Publisher

Penguin Books

ISBN

9781564784339

Where to buy

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