Against the Day
by Pynchon, Thomas
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0143112562
- ISBN 13
- 9780143112563
- Seller
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Tacoma, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Penguin Books, 2006 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Minor shelf wear, light warp to the text block..
Synopsis
Against the Day is a novel by Thomas Pynchon. The narrative takes place between the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and the time immediately following World War I and features more than a hundred characters spread across the United States, Europe, Mexico, Central Asia, and "one or two places not strictly speaking on the map at all," according to the book jacket blurb written by Pynchon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Else Fine Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000598
- Title
- Against the Day
- Author
- Pynchon, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0143112562
- ISBN 13
- 9780143112563
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
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About the Seller
Else Fine Booksellers
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Tacoma, Washington
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- Text Block
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- Shelf Wear
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