The painting plays a pivotal role in shaping the development of Wyatt Gwyon in William Gaddis' novel The Recognitions.
As a fan of William Gaddis, Hawkins discovered newspaper, the self-published Gaddis fansheet of "jack green".
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The American author William Gaddis credited his reading of the Palsgraf case with helping to inspire his novel A Frolic of His Own.