Foirades/Fizzles: Variations on a Past Image.

Discusses the comparison between the styles of Samuel Beckett and Jasper Johns in their book 'Foirades/Fizzles.' Interaction between art and its roots in commerce; Role of typography in contradicting the implicit aesthetic goals of both Beckett and Johns; Definition of the word Fizzles; Stylistic asceticism in the novel; Motive of the authors in the novel; Choice of narrative strategies and images by the authors.