A literary agent in this novel kills herself by jumping out of a hotel window after falsely reporting a case of child abuse.
A literary agent in this novel kills herself by jumping out of a hotel window after falsely reporting a case of child abuse. Its protagonist's mother Camilla dies when her appendicitis is treated by a con man pretending to be a ship's doctor. That con man later tries to pass off a corpse as a mummy and goes by the name Mr. Yak while living in Spain. A playwright in this novel, who tries to get attention by returning from Barbados with his arm wrapped in a fake sleeve, later starts to confuse himself with Gordon, the protagonist of his own failed play. As a child, its protagonist is torn between the spirituality of his Aunt May and the drive for creativity espoused by his preacher father, who subscribes to the Cult of Mithras. Its protagonist, an acquaintance of (*) Otto Pivner and Frank Sinisterra, becomes involved in a criminal conspiracy with the Jesuit critic Basil Valentine and the collector Rectall Brown, who pretends to find the protagonist's paintings in old buildings. Jack Green wrote Fire the Bastards! about the failure of 53 critics review and often even read this notoriously difficult 900-page book. For 10 points, name this novel about the art forger Wyatt Gwyon, the masterpiece of William Gaddis.
A literary agent in this novel kills herself by jumping out of a hotel window after falsely reporting a case of child abuse.
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