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Book SynopsisThomas Pynchon is the author of
V., The Crying of Lot 49,
Gravity's Rainbow,
Slow Learner, a collection of short stories,
Vineland,
Mason and Dixon,
Against the Day, Inherent Vice and, most recently,
Bleeding Edge. He received the National Book Award for
Gravity's Rainbow in 1974.
Trade ReviewThomas Pynchon, America’s greatest novelist, has written the greatest novel about the most significant events in his country’s 21st century history. It is unequivocally a masterpiece. -- Stuart Kelly * Scotsman *
It’s dense, complex and riotously, ridiculously funny. * Esquire *
The looming shadow of 9/11 touches every page. Nonetheless, many of those pages are outrageously funny, others are sexy, touchingly domestic, satirical or deeply mysterious. All are brilliantly written in Pynchon’s characteristically revved-up, even slightly over-revved style – a joy to read… Swarms with amazing characters… Full of verbal sass and pizzazz, as well as conspiracies within conspiracies,
Bleeding Edge is totally gonzo, totally wonderful. It really is good to have Thomas Pynchon around, doing what he does best. -- Michael Dirda * Washington Post *
Bleeding Edge, Pynchon’s eighth novel, is the best and most surprising thing he’s written since those great books… The jokes in this novel, incidentally, are superb, with the comic tone perhaps a career high point. -- Tim Martin * Telegraph *
Part thriller, part detective story, it’s a vibrant portrait of a city on the cusp of change. -- Sonia Juttla * Sunday Telegraph *
