A Frolic of His Own

A Frolic of His Own

Infobox Book
name = A Frolic of His Own
author = William Gaddis
country = United States of America
language = English
genre = Novels
publisher = Simon & Schuster & Touchstone
release_date = 1994
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 592 pages (Hardback edition) & 512 pages (Paperback edition)
isbn = ISBN 0-671-66984-2 (Hardback edition) & ISBN 0-684-80052-7 (Paperback edition)

"A frolic of his own" is a phrase used by the judges in the case "Joel v. Morison" (1834) 6 C&P 501 at 503 on the law of vicarious liability.

"A Frolic of His Own" is a novel by William Gaddis. Published in 1994 by Poseidon Press, "A Frolic of His Own" was Gaddis's fourth novel. It received the American Book Award and the National Book Award in 1994.

External links

* [http://www.williamgaddis.org/frolic/index.shtml Annotations to "A Frolic of His Own" at williamgaddis.org]
* [http://yesterdayssalad.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/a-frolic-of-his-own-by-william-gaddis/ Lighthearted Review of the Novel]


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