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Federal Writers' Project resurrectionist; author, “Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and Letters”; storefront lending librarian @LibrosSchmibros!
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There's a Thomas Pynchon book for everyone. Here's which one to read next

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By David Kipen
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David Kipen Whatever book club you're in, Thomas Pynchon has you covered. Many of us consider him the best American writer since F. Scott Fitzgerald . Turns out that Pynchon's perennially Nobel-touted shelf offers a book for each book club category featured in this year's L.A. Times Festival of Books issue, from politics to romance.
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There's a Thomas Pynchon book for everyone. Here's which one to read next Original

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By David Kipen
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(Images from Harper; Penguin Classics; Penguin Press; Little, Brown) Whatever book club you’re in, Thomas Pynchon has you covered. Many of us consider him the best American writer since F. Scott Fitzgerald. Turns out that Pynchon’s perennially Nobel-touted shelf offers a book for each book club category featured in this year’s L.A. Times Festival of Books issue, from politics to romance.
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Thomas Pynchon's 'Shadow Ticket' is a 1930s detective tale with a sucker punch ending

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By David Kipen
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(Los Angeles Times illustration; book jacket from Penguin Press) With next week’s publication of his ninth novel, “Shadow Ticket,” Thomas Pynchon’s secret 20th century is at last complete. For many of us, Pynchon is the best American writer since F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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