NY, Morrow, (1991). His third novel and breakthrough book, which once again earned him high praise, award recognition, and comparisons with the best of the postmodern writers such as Pynchon and Gaddis. The story weaves together strands involving the discovery of DNA and the composition of Bach's The Goldberg Variations, and the title also alludes punningly to Edgar Allan Poe's story, "The Gold Bug," which is incorporated into the plot. Like his first book, a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Winner of Time magazine's Book of the Year award. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027999] SOLD