This novel's author attempted to incorporate every line of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets into it. One character in this novel carries around a draft of a play composed entirely o
This novel's author attempted to incorporate every line of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets into it. One character in this novel carries around a draft of a play composed entirely of things he hears other people say. That character later remains at a banana plantation on Barbados after falling off of a horse. Fifty-five mostly-poor reviews of this book were sharply criticized in jack green's article "Fire the Bastards!". Late in this novel, the protagonist becomes involved in a scheme to create a mummy with Mr. Yak, who is actually Frank Sinisterra in disguise. In this novel's final scene, Stanley's extremely loud playing of an organ mass causes the Church of San Fenestrula to collapse on him. The critic Basil Valentine and the collector Recktall Brown employ this novel's protagonist in a scheme to create and sell works supposedly painted by the Old Masters. For 10 points, identify this novel about the art forger Wyatt Gwyon, the first by William Gaddis.
This novel's author attempted to incorporate every line of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets into it.
The Recognitions