We could tell you the year is 1944, that the main character is called Tyrone Slothrop and that he has a problem because bombs are falling across Europe and crashing to earth at the exact locations of his sexual conquests. But that doesn't really begin to cover it.
”En skrigen går over himlen” Året er 1944, og vores hovedperson, en amerikansk løjtnant ved navn Tyrone Slothrop, må forholde sig til alle de bomber, der i 2. Verdenskrigs sidste... Læs mere
Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humour, The Crying of Lot 49 opens as Oedipa Maas discovers that she haas been made executrix of a former lover's estate.
It's been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Suddenly out of nowhere she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. Easy for her to say.
The quest for V. sweeps us through sixty years and a panorama of Alexandria, Paris, Malta, Florence, Africa and New York. as become a modern classic. This is the first novel by the author of Gravity's Rainbow, and a profoundly impressive and original work in its own right.
Charles Mason (1728 -1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779) were the British Surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that we know today as the Mason-Dixon Line.
Inherent Vice er kort fortalt en noir detektivroman men ikke en helt normal af slagsen. Hovedpersonen Doc Sportello er ikke en hårdkogt privatdetektiv a la Chandlers Philip Marlowe men... Læs mere
Maxine Tarnow is running a nice little fraud investigation business on the Upper West Side, chasing down different kinds of small-scale con artists. She used to be legally certified but... Læs mere
Vineland is vintage Pynchon, full of quasi-allegorical characters, elaborate unresolved subplots, corny songs ("Floozy with an Uzi"), movie spoofs (Pee-wee Herman in The Robert Musil Story), and illicit sex (including a macho variation on the infamous sportscar scene in V.).
The new novel from Thomas Pynchon, author of Gravity's Rainbow and Inherent Vice. A Guardian Book of the Autumn. - Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of... Læs mere