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Against The Day by Thomas Pynchon

Pynchon fascinates me. So reclusive that only one known photo of him exists, this leaves the world NOTHING BUT HIS ART TO CONTEMPLATE. Some think it is a passive aggressive way of drawing the world in but after almost 50 years on the scene you’ve got to give the guy some props for staying so far underground. This book came out in 2006 and I’m just getting to it now. It involves the exploits of a band of zeppelin superheroes named ‘The Chums of Chance’, Nikolai Tesla, time-travel, the mystical city Shambhala, Anarchists addicted to detonation, and enough raunchy sex to make me blush one day while taking the bus to Santa Monica. You will forget who you are while reading this book and that is always a good thing.