Gilbert Sorrentino is one of the most accomplished innovators in
twentieth-century fiction, a position that is everywhere confirmed in
this trilogy of novels, ?"Odd Number," ?"Rose Theatre,"
and?"Misterioso." Beginning with a series of interrogations (we never do
find out why they are being conducted) about characters drawn from other
Sorrentino novels and concluding with the reappearance of the same
characters, ?"Pack of Lies"?is Gilbert Sorrentino's testament to the
supremacy of art and society, and a vicious comedy portraying a world of
fraud and mayhem.