"Gravity's Rainbow" by Thomas Pynchon (Part 1)
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This month, the fine folks at Just In Case We Die post the first episode in a series of discussions in which they will dissect a difficult novel that has baffled readers, delighted conspiracy theorists, exhausted English majors, and earned its place among the most intimidating masterpieces in American literature: Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow.
Published in 1973, this mammoth of a novel throws readers right smack dab into the chaos of World War II, where rockets fall from the sky, shadowy organizations pull the strings, paranoia is practically a survival skill, and the…
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