''The Rush for Second Place'' is a posthumous collection of essays by
William Gaddis
William Thomas Gaddis, Jr. (December 29, 1922 – December 16, 1998) 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 oth ...
. Edited and introduced by
Joseph Tabbi, it was published in 2002 by
Penguin Press at the same time as Gaddis's last novel, ''
Agapē Agape''. The contents were published in Great Britain with ''Agapē Agape'' as ''Agapē Agape and Other Writings'' by
Atlantic Books
Atlantic Books is an independent British publishing house, with its headquarters in Ormond House in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden. It is perhaps best known for publishing Aravind Adiga's debut novel '' The White Tiger'', which r ...
in 2004.
2002 non-fiction books
Postmodern books
Essay collections
Books published posthumously
Penguin Press books
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