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War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
William Gaddis
Born: December 29, 1922
Died: December 16, 1998 (aged 75)
Bio: William Thomas Gaddis, Jr. was an American novelist. The first and longest of his five novels, The Recognitions, was named one of TIME magazine's 100 best novels from 1923 to 2005 and two others, J R and A Frolic of His Own, won the annual U.S.
Known for:
- The Recognitions (1955)
- Carpenter's Gothic (1985)
- A Frolic of His Own (1994)
- Agapē Agape
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