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Gravity’s Rainbow (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) by Thomas Pynchon – book cover

Gravity’s Rainbow (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

By Thomas Pynchon

In the mid-1960s, the publication of Pynchon's V and The Crying of Lot 49 introduced a brilliant new voice to American literature. Gravity's Rainbow, his convoluted, allusive novel about a metaphysical quest, published in 1973, further confirmed Pynchon's reputation as…

Release Date
1995
Length
772 pages
Publisher
Penguin
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Our Review

In the mid-1960s, the publication of Pynchon's V and The Crying of Lot 49 introduced a brilliant new voice to American literature. Gravity's Rainbow, his convoluted, allusive novel about a metaphysical quest, published in 1973, further confirmed Pynchon's reputation as one of the greatest writers of the century.