Thomas Pynchon's first novel for 17 years is set in California in 1984, where a group of people are struggling against political passions and the consequences o... » 

Thomas Pynchon's first novel for 17 years is set in California in 1984, where a group of people are struggling against political passions and the consequences of the 1960s. The author also wrote The Crying of Lot 49, V and Gravity's Rainbow. «