GADSBY PODIPRINT

Wright spent five and a half months writing Gadsby on a typewriterwith the 'e' key tied down so that it couldn?t be used at all. Awarehouse holding copies of Gadsby burned shortly after the book wasprinted, destroying most copies of the ill-fated novel. The book wasnever reviewed and only kept alive by the efforts of a few avant-garde intellos and assorted connoisseurs of the odd, weird and zany. But by word-of-mouth it has become an underground cult classic. The book?sscarcity and oddness has in the past seen copies priced at $4,000 bybook dealers. Over time, this peculiar masterpiece has had manycurious readers open to this interestingly unusual reading experience.