Pynchon
thomas, born 1937, u.s. novelist.
william, 1590?–1662, english colonist in america.
contemporary examples
‘telegraph avenue’: michael chabon on his obsessive novel of fandom josh dzieza september 10, 2012
the national book awards longlist for fiction september 18, 2013
encounters with thomas pynchon nick romeo october 4, 2011
joseph mcelroy’s ‘cannonball’ is the meta iraq war novel tom leclair july 24, 2013
encounters with thomas pynchon nick romeo october 4, 2011
thomas pynchon meets his match: the internet alexander nazaryan september 10, 2013
historical examples
the devil in britain and america john ashton
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thomas (ruggles). born 1937, us novelist, author of v (1963), the crying of lot 49 (1967), gravity’s rainbow (1973), mason and dixon (1997), and against the day (2006)
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