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The book is in VG shape. I bought it as a present so I’m pleased as is the recipient!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
You read the opening sentence which goes on for half a page, full of description and tone and you realize what a gem of a world you are about to enter into for your imagination. I am glad I stumbled across this book at the library and knew I need to have my own copy.
Contrary to the recommendations of critics like Harold Bloom, this is not Pynchon's best work. That distinction will always belong to Gravity's Rainbow. That said, this is a charming book about friendship, science, otherness, and the place of spirituality in our knew reason-centered western condition. Not sure if I'd recommend it to anyone but a fellow Pynchonite, though.
Ok, first let me say I enjoyed it...yikes! Hard read, big words, many twist and turns. me very dumb guy. Book very big wouldn't fit into my back pack. On the positive side, people think you're really smart if thay see you reading this, and chick are impressed!