Is that Pynchon of Thomas? best, Carol.of Kirschenbaum ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Yost" <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 2:37 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Pynchon, as Foretold > As promised on the 16th, the press release has gone out from Viking > Penguin. > > Feeling very au courant, > Eric > > __________________ > > > http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-wk-quick22.3jun22,1,1034901.story?ctrack=1&cset=true > QUICK TAKES > Pynchon novel out in December > Josh Getlin > June 22, 2006 > > Thomas Pynchon, the reclusive, award-winning author of "Gravity's > Rainbow," "V," "Mason & Dixon" and "Vineland," is finishing up a new > novel, and the book will go on sale in December, his publisher announced > this week. > > "There is not yet a title, and we're not releasing information about the > subject matter at this point," said Tracy Locke, associate publisher for > Penguin Press. "At this point, that's really all I can tell you." > > Pynchon's new novel, his first since "Mason & Dixon" in 1997, is shrouded > in mystery, as were many of his previous books before publication. The > author, born in 1937 in Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y., has long avoided > publicity, and his books have acquired a cult-like status among many > readers. > > > ? Josh Getlin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html