Freddy's Book is my second John Gardner novel that I have read, and it was an easy read while also maintaining several layers of complexity. There are two books inside of this one cover, leaving some odds and ends not wrapped up, but at the end of the day it didn't matter/5(21). Freddy's Book by John Gardner (First Edition) A beautiful, sharp, tight, square copy. Minor name stamp to back of front endpaper. Very light foxing. Not price clipped. Light sunning. First Edition (stated). A tale of a unique boy in 16th century Scandinavia battling the influence of the Devil. Gardner's belief in the primacy of tale-telling (see Moral Fiction) is so firm that he doesn't mind telling us that this tale isn't exactly his own: "A key event in Freddy's Book (King Gustav and the Devil) is drawn from a tale in Mark Helprin's collection, A Dove of the East .
Complete summary of John Gardner's Freddy's Book. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Freddy's Book. Freddy's Book is a novel by John Gardner published in Plot summary. Freddy's Book is a novel within a novel. The narrator, professor Jack Winesap, is given a manuscript by the son of a friend, a frightening, reclusive young man named Freddy Agaard who is giant-sized due to a glandular imbalance. This is a bleak, almost nihilistic work--somewhat ironic since John Gardner seems to have deplored nihilism. His Grendel remains among my favorite novels and Freddy's Book shares a common fascination with monstrosity, free will, and evil. The tone and tenor of this fable-like work is grim. Love is only an invention of language.
Freddy's Book by Gardner, John. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. This is a bleak, almost nihilistic work--somewhat ironic since John Gardner seems to have deplored nihilism. His Grendel remains among my favorite novels and Freddy's Book shares a common fascination with monstrosity, free will, and evil. The tone and tenor of this fable-like work is grim. Love is only an invention of language. Buy a cheap copy of Freddy's Book book by John Gardner. Combines the fascination of a fairy tale with beautifully defined characters and an underlying seriousness of purpose that makes it something far more Free Shipping on all orders over $
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