A common line used by fans of William Gaddis is that this is Gaddis’s world, we only live in it. To prove the point, just as THE RECOGNITIONS returns, a major art forgery scandal erupts.

Here’s a full story of the scandal in today’s NY Times.

It shouldn’t surprise Gaddis fans that the NY Times fails to note the similarity to THE RECOGNITIONS.  The book has become something, to echo the final words of the novel “still spoken of, when it is noted, with high regard, though seldom played.