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Gadsby: A Lipogram Novel
Ernest Vincent Wright
Gadsby: A Lipogram Novel
Ernest Vincent Wright
Wright spent five and a half months writing Gadsby on a typewriter with the "e" key tied down so that it couldn't be used at all. A warehouse holding copies of Gadsby burned shortly after the book was printed, destroying most copies of the ill-fated novel. The book was never reviewed and only kept alive by the efforts of a few avant-garde intellos and assorted connoisseurs of the odd, weird and zany. But by word-of-mouth it has become an underground cult classic. The book's scarcity and oddness has in the past seen copies priced at $4,000 by book dealers. Over time, this peculiar masterpiece has had many curious readers open to this interestingly unusual reading experience.
154 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 11, 2022 |
ISBN13 | 9781773238272 |
Publishers | Must Have Books |
Pages | 154 |
Dimensions | 233 × 155 × 13 mm · 256 g |
Language | English |
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