In store now! Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
Fast approaching its 50th Anniversary, Thomas Pynchon’s iconic, inimitable masterpiece is as relevant today as it was on release in 1973. Following the mad, hallucinogenic, conspiracy and paranoia addled exploits of Allied Intelligence operative Lieutenant Tyrone Slothrop, Gravity’s Rainbow is at once a side-splittingly hilarious romp through Europe in the aftermath of World War II, a deconstruction of pavlovian conditioning, a treatise on the relationship between death and sex, and a spoof of American war propaganda. Simultaneously however, Pynchon rigorously exposes the horrors of the Military Industrial Complex and the porous border between the Allied and Axis powers that profligate to this day. Hundreds of characters, sentient light bulbs, and a mind-controlled octopus called Grigori populate this hilarious, harrowing, deeply strange barnstormer of a novel.
Keep up with news from Vintage here @vintagebooks
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Paperback £9.99
We could tell you the year is 1944, that the main character is called Tyrone Slothrop and that he has a problem because bombs are falling across Europe and crashing to the earth at the exact locations of his sexual conquests. But that doesn't really begin to cover it.
Reading this book is like falling down a rabbit hole into an outlandish, sinister, mysterious, absurd, compulsive netherworld.
Order your copy today directly from October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get commission on your purchase.
We are open:
Monday - Saturday
10am - 5.30 pm
We are back open six days a week, with the whole store open for browsing. We will still of course be taking customer orders and you will still be able to buy food and cleaning products online through our online store.
We are able to be open 6 days a week again because of your consideration and care whilst in the shop. Though things are opening up, covid cases are still high and a lot of our staff have only received one jab. So we are asking customers to continue to leave that extra space, sanitise their hands and pull on their mask. We really appreciate it.
