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Review by Dan Geddes Vineland (1990) Thomas Pynchon See also: The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity’s Rainbow, Inherent Vice, Bleeding Edge and Dys, an imaginary…
Review By Dan Geddes See also: Gravity’s Rainbow, Vineland, Inherent Vice, Bleeding Edge and Dys, an imaginary Pynchon novel ___________________ The Crying of Lot 49,…
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The Corrections Jonathan Franzen Review by Dan Geddes See also review of Franzen’s Freedom The Corrections admirably portrays the values of both contemporary American yuppies…
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