Vineland by Thomas Pynchon (English) Paperback Book

Description: Vineland by Thomas Pynchon A group of Americans in Northern California in 1984 are struggling with the consequences of their lives in the sixties, still run by the passions of those times — sexual and political — which have refused to die. Among them is Zoyd Wheeler who is preparing for his annual act of televised insanity (for which he receives a government stipend) when an unwelcome face appears from out of his past.An old nemesis, federal prosecutor Brock Vond, storms into Vineland at the head of a heavily armed strike force. Soon Zoyd and his daughter, Prairie, go into hiding while Vond begins a relationship with Zoyd's ex-wife and uses Prairie as a pawn against the mother she never knew she had.Part daytime drama, part political thriller, Vineland is a strange evocation of a twentieth-century America headed for a less than harmonic future. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 Prairies 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. ). For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Author Biography Thomas Pynchon was born in 1937. His books include "The CryiThomas Pynchon was born in 1937. His books include "The Crying of Lot 49, Gravitys Rainbow, Vineland, " and "Mason & Ding of Lot 49, Gravitys Rainbow, Vineland, " and "Mason & Dixon." xon." Details ISBN0141180633 Author Thomas Pynchon Short Title VINELAND M/TV Pages 400 Publisher Penguin Books Series Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics Language English ISBN-10 0141180633 ISBN-13 9780141180632 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1997 Publication Date 1997-09-30 DEWEY FIC Residence US Birth 1937 Imprint Penguin Classics DOI 10.1604/9780141180632 Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 1997-09-25 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:6746317;

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