A Frolic of His Own (National Book Award Winner)

An aspiring author’s lawsuit raises questions about family, inheritance, and the vagaries of the American legal system in this National Book Award–winning courtroom satire.

Oscar Crease, part-time history professor and aspiring playwright, penned Once at Antietam, his magnum opus fictionalizing his grandfather’s experiences during the Civil War. Despite his high hopes and sending copies of the play to everyone he could think of, Oscar failed to get it staged. But then a movie with the same t...