The Rush for Second Place is a posthumous collection of essays by William Gaddis. Edited and introduced by Joseph Tabbi, it was published in 2002 by Penguin Press at the same time as Gaddis's last novel, AgapÃÂ Agape. The contents were published in Great Britain with AgapÃÂ Agape as AgapÃÂ Agape and Other Writings by Atlantic Books in 2004.