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vineland by thomas pynchon

Pynchon exorcises even more ghosts of america’s pasts in this polished gem of a novel, as gripping and brilliant as it is classically, Pynchonianly weird  - just don’t expect to get much out of it unless you are either very very sharp or have a lot of time and energy to work thru it. 

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