NMLP P-033446 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Frolic of His Own

William Gaddis · Poseidon Press · 1994

The US Poseidon Press hardcover of 1994 is the true first edition. It won the 1994 National Book Award for Fiction, Gaddis's second such award after JR in 1976, and was his fourth novel.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033446 for "A Frolic of His Own" by William Gaddis (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033446, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).