{"product_id":"against-the-day-9780143112563","title":"Against the Day","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"[Pynchon's] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Raunchy, funny, digressive, brilliant.\" --\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Rich and sweeping, wild and thrilling.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning the era between the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I, and constantly moving between locations across the globe (and to a few places not strictly speaking on the map at all), \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Day\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds with a phantasmagoria of characters that includes anarchists, balloonists, drug enthusiasts, mathematicians, mad scientists, shamans, spies, and hired guns. As an era of uncertainty comes crashing down around their ears and an unpredictable future commences, these folks are mostly just trying to pursue their lives. Sometimes they manage to catch up; sometimes it's their lives that pursue them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Pynchon\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eV.\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Crying of Lot 49\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlow Learner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVineland, Mason \u0026amp; Dixon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Day\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInherent Vice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBleeding Edge\u003c\/i\u003e. He received the National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e in 1974.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50619637629202,"sku":"9780143112563","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_69c3d163-d19f-4080-b9f2-4d5a601512fe.jpg?v=1732552837","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/against-the-day-9780143112563","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}