The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Pynchon

The Most Celebrated American Novelist Of The Past Half-Century An Indispensable Figure Of Postmodernism Worldwide Thomas Pynchon Notoriously Challenges His Readers. This Companion Provides Tools For Meeting That Challenge. Comprehensive Accessible Lively Up-To-Date And Reliable It Approaches Pynchon''S Fiction From Various Angles Calling On The Expertise Of An International Roster Of Scholars At The Cutting Edge Of Pynchon Studies. Part I Covers Pynchon''S Fiction Novel-By-Novel From The 1960S To The Present Including Such Indisputable Classics As The Crying Of Lot 49 And Gravity''S Rainbow. Part Ii Zooms Out To Give A Bird''S-Eye-View Of Pynchon''S Novelistic Practice Across His Entire Career. Part Iii Surveys Major Topics Of Pynchon''S Fiction: History Politics Alterity (''Otherness'') And Science And Technology. Designed For Students Scholars And Fans Alike The Companion Begins With A Biography Of The Elusive Author And Ends With A Coda On How To Read Pynchon And A Bibliography For Further Reading.