Thomas Pynchon Novels (V, The Crying of Lot 49 & Gravity's Rainbow) 3 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback

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V\u003cbr\u003e2. The Crying of Lot 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e3. Gravity's Rainbow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eV\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWho, where or what is V.?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Pynchon’s debut novel follows discharged Navy sailor Benny Profane as he reconnects with an eclectic collection of artists known as the ‘Whole Sick Crew’, all while Herbert Stencil looks to find the woman described in his father’s diary: ‘V.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSweeping through sixty years, meandering across the globe and brimming with madcap characters, V. is the bawdy, sometimes sad and frequently hilarious modern classic that introduced the world to the one-of-a-kind brilliance of Thomas Pynchon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe Crying of Lot 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eOedipa Maas has been made executrix of her former lover’s estate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe performance of her duties sets her on a strange trail of detection, in which bizarre characters crowd in to help or confuse her. But gradually, death, drugs, madness and marriage combine to leave Oedipa in isolation on the threshold of revelation, awaiting the crying of lot 49.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWe 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 the earth at the exact locations of his sexual conquests. But that doesn’t really begin to cover it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReading this book is like falling down a rabbit hole into an outlandish, sinister, mysterious, absurd, compulsive netherworld. 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