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        Gravity's Rainbow

        by

        Thomas Pynchon

        setting

        Europe

        time

        WWII

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1973

        page count

        760

        difficulty

        Extreme

        main characters

        Slothrop, Katje

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        A screaming comes across the sky.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)

        literary tidbits

        Influenced by Ford Maddox Ford's Parade's End, though I have never read that mentioned anywhere. I just read the two novels at the same time and it will be obvious to anyone why.

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