Gravity's Rainbow

Author(s): Thomas Pynchon

General Fiction

Tyrone 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, "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.


Product Information

Thomas Pynchon is the author of V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Slow Learner, a collection of short stories, Vineland and, most recently, Mason & Dixon. He recieved the national book award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974.

General Fields

  • : 9780099533214
  • : Vintage
  • : Vintage
  • : October 1997
  • : April 2005
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Thomas Pynchon
  • : Paperback