Set in the closing years of World War II, this is a story of labyrinthine interconnections involving a Nazi Lieutenant Weissmann (once V.'s lover in another Pynchon novel), disguised as Captain Blicero, and an American sleuth, Lieutenant Tyrone Slothrop,
El autor de J R, con isbn 978-1-68137-468-0, es William Gaddis.
Otros libros de Gaddis, William son La Carrera Por El Segundo Lugar, Su Pasatiempo Favorito, Jota Erre, Gotico Carpintero, ágape Se Paga, The Recognitions y The Rush For Second Place: Essays And Occasional Writings.