fromDefector1 week agoArtsThomas Pynchon Is Laughing All The Way To The Brink | DefectorPynchon's Shadow Ticket foregrounds humor and sophomoric playfulness over heavy metaphysical ambition, functioning as a light-hearted but revealing late-career work.
fromwww.npr.org1 month agoBooksNew books this week: Thomas Pynchon's first novel in 12 years, and much moreThomas Pynchon published Shadow Ticket, a Depression-era madcap conspiracy mystery starring private eye Hicks McTaggart.
fromwww.npr.org1 month agoBooksNew books this week: Thomas Pynchon's first novel in 12 years, and much more