{"product_id":"9780099533214","title":"Thomas Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Thomas Pynchon. Themes include Fiction, Classics, Historical, 20th Century, World War Ii.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTyrone Slothrop, a Gi in London in 1944, has a big problem. Whenever he gets an erection, a Blitz bomb hits. Slothrop gets excited, and then, as Thomas Pynchon puts it in his sibilant opening sentence, 'a screaming comes across the sky', heralding an angel of death, a V-2 rocket. Soon Tyrone is on the run from legions of bizarre enemies through the phantasmagoric horrors of Germany.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e is never a single story, but a proliferation of characters - Pirate Prentice, Teddy Bloat, Tantivy Mucker-Maffick, Saure Bummer, and more - and events that tantalize the reader with suggestions of vast patterns only just past our comprehension. It is a blizzard of references to science, history, high culture, and the lowest of jokes and among the most important novels of our time.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Award.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58005226553718,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780099533214.jpg?v=1780414625","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780099533214","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}