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Vineland
Vineland is vintage Pynchon, full of quasi-allegorical characters, elaborate unresolved subplots, corny songs ("Floozy with an Uzi"), movie spoofs (Pee-wee Herman in The Robert Musil Story), and illicit sex (including a macho variation on the infamous sportscar scene in V.).
'Exhilarating and wretchedly funny. The most important and mysterious writer of his generation' - Time
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'Exhilarating and wretchedly funny. The most important and mysterious writer of his generation' - Time
Vineland, a zone of blessed anarchy in northern California, is the last refuge of hippiedom, a culture devastated by the sobriety epidemic, Reaganomics, and the Tube. Here, in an Orwellian 1984, Zoyd Wheeler and his daughter Prairie search for Prairie's long-lost mother, a Sixties radical who ran off with a narc.
Vineland is vintage Pynchon, full of quasi-allegorical characters, elaborate unresolved subplots, corny songs (Floozy with an Uzi), movie spoofs (Pee-wee Herman in The Robert Musil Story), and illicit sex (including a macho variation on the infamous sportscar scene in V.).
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Vineland by Thomas Pynchon is regarded as a significant political novel that delves into America's socio-political landscape and its impacts on youth. Critics praise it for its humour, inventive storytelling, and depth, with some highlighting its importance in reflecting the transition out of the 1980s. Pynchon's mastery of highbrow conspiracy thrillers and descriptive prowess has been lauded, making it a definitive read with clever writing and well-crafted characters.
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ISBN: 9780749391416
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 May 1992
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 282g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Thomas Pynchon is the author of V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Slow Learner, a collection of short stories, Mason and Dixon, Against the Day and Inherent Vice. He received the National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974.
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