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Thomas 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.
Thomas 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
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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
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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 *
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