<p><strong>The founding text of pataphysics ("the science of imaginary solutions"), and one of the most quietly influential novels of the 20th century</strong></p><p>Alfred Jarry is best known as the author of the proto-Dada play <I>Ubu Roi</I>, but this anarchic novel of absurdist philosophy is widely regarded as the central work to his oeuvre. <I>Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll</I> recounts the adventures of the inventor of ¿Pataphysics ... the science of imaginary solutions.¿</p>