New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. "There is probably no contemporary writer better qualified to discuss the "art of fiction" than William H. Gass. His knowledge and understanding of his subject come from the point of view of both a practitioner...and a theoretician...His discussion returns fiction to the issues, including language and the individual trademarks of various writers. He makes an important distinction between the..... More