A biting satire, JR features JR, an eleven-year-old capitalist, who embodies the cash culture he grows up in.The young JR manipulates his meagre economic beginnings including a shipment of Navy surplus picnic forks, a defaulted bond issue and turns them into a massive paper empire. The novel's satiric assault upon the American Dream, and the economics it represents makes a compulsive read andthe seminal American novel.
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A biting satire, JR features JR, an eleven-year-old capitalist, who embodies the cash culture he grows up in.The young JR manipulates his meagre economic beginnings including a shipment of Navy surplus picnic forks, a defaulted bond issue and turns them into a massive paper empire. The novel's satiric assault upon the American Dream, and the economics it represents makes a compulsive read andthe seminal American novel.
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Add this copy of Jr (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S. ) to cart. $36.65, good condition, Sold by Kisharon Langdon New Chapters rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrow, GREATER LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1993 by Penguin Books.
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Good. THE BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION PAGES ARE CLEAN Sold by the U. K Charity Kisharon Langdon. Offering Opportunities and Support for People within the Autism and Learning Disability Community.
Add this copy of Jr (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) to cart. $27.59, good condition, Sold by BayStateBooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Smithfield, RI, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Penguin Classics.
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The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting and there might be a From the library of label. Boxed set packaging shrink wrap or included media like CDs may be missing.
Add this copy of Jr to cart. $85.98, good condition, Sold by Solr Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincolnwood, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Knopf.
Add this copy of Jr to cart. $92.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Near Fine in Good jacket. First edition. Very faint remainder stamp at bottom of the page edges, small binder's flaw, else near fine in good dust jacket with several small external tape repairs, and a few modest stains on the front panel. The author's second book and National Book Award-winning novel.
Add this copy of Jr to cart. $507.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Alfred A. Knopf.
Add this copy of Jr to cart. $907.00, very good condition, Sold by Argosy Book Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Knopf.
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Near fine in fine jacket. 726pp. black cloth, d.w. N.Y. : Knopf, 1975. First Edition. Pages 273-351 have lightly dog-eared corners, otherwise a fine copy which Gaddis has signed on the half-title.
