In 1988, he wrote The Hermit of 69th Street, in which he sought to demonstrate the absurdity of investigating prior work by inserting footnotes for practically every term in the book.
En 1988, escribiu The Hermit of 68th Street, onde demostraba o absurdo que resultaban as investigacións sobre o seu traballo previo insertando notas a pé de páxina en practicamente todas as palabras do libro.