Against the Day - Hardcover

Pynchon, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159420120X ISBN 13: 9781594201202

Publisher: Penguin Pr, 2006

Synopsis

An epic tale spanning the years between the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the end of World War I features a sizable cast of characters who are caught up by such events as the labor troubles of Colorado, the Mexican revolution, and the heyday of silent-movie Hollywood. 250,000 first printing.

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Review:

[Pynchons] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel.
"The New York Times Book Review"
Those who climb aboard Pynchons airship will have the ride of their lives. History lesson, mystical quest, utopian dream, experimental metafiction, Marxist melodrama, Marxian comedy Against the Day is all of these things and more.
"The Washington Post Book World"
Raunchy, funny, digressive, brilliant.
"USA Today"
Rich and sweeping, wild and thrilling.
"The Boston Globe"
Audacious, bodacious, entropic, synoptic, electric, eclectic, entertaining, hyperbraining, high- roller, tripolar.
"The Philadelphia Inquirer"

a[Pynchonas] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel.a
a"The New York Times Book Review"
aThose who climb aboard Pynchonas airship will have the ride of their lives. History lesson, mystical quest, utopian dream, experimental metafiction, Marxist melodrama, Marxian comedya Against the Day is all of these things and more.a
a"The Washington Post Book World"
aRaunchy, funny, digressive, brilliant.a
a"USA Today"
aRich and sweeping, wild and thrilling.a
a"The Boston Globe"
aAudacious, bodacious, entropic, synoptic, electric, eclectic, entertaining, hyperbraining, high- roller, tripolar.a
a"The Philadelphia Inquirer"

"[Pynchon''s] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel."
-"The New York Times Book Review"

"Those who climb aboard Pynchon''s airship will have the ride of their lives. History lesson, mystical quest, utopian dream, experimental metafiction, Marxist melodrama, Marxian comedy- Against the Day is all of these things and more."
-"The Washington Post Book World"

"Raunchy, funny, digressive, brilliant."
-"USA Today"

"Rich and sweeping, wild and thrilling."
-"The Boston Globe"

"Audacious, bodacious, entropic, synoptic, electric, eclectic, entertaining, hyperbraining, high- roller, tripolar."
-"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
"[Pynchon's] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel."
-The New York Times Book Review

"Those who climb aboard Pynchon's airship will have the ride of their lives. History lesson, mystical quest, utopian dream, experimental metafiction, Marxist melodrama, Marxian comedy- Against the Day is all of these things and more."
-The Washington Post Book World

"Raunchy, funny, digressive, brilliant."
-USA Today

"Rich and sweeping, wild and thrilling."
-The Boston Globe

"Audacious, bodacious, entropic, synoptic, electric, eclectic, entertaining, hyperbraining, high- roller, tripolar."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer

From the Publisher:

Thomas Pynchon’s new novel, a vast epic spanning the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries, will be hailed as one of the great American novels of the twenty-first century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 159420120X
• ISBN 13: 9781594201202
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1085