BLEEDING EDGE

Pynchon, Thomas

ISBN 10: 1594204233 / ISBN 13: 9781594204234

Published by The Penguin Press, New York, 2013

About this Item

A detective story. It is 2001 in New York City, in the lull between the collapse of the dot-com boom and the terrible events of September 11th. Silicon Alley is a ghost town, Web 1.0 is having adolescent angst, Google has yet to IPO, Microsoft is still considered the Evil Empire. There may not be quite as much money around as there was at the height of the tech bubble, but there s no shortage of swindlers looking to grab a piece of what s left. By the acclaimed author of Gravity's Rainbow and "V". 477pp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BLEEDING EDGE
• Publisher: The Penguin Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594204233
• ISBN 13: 9781594204234
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

"Brilliantly written...a joy to read...Bleeding Edge is totally gonzo, totally wonderful. It really is good to have Thomas Pynchon around, doing what he does best." - Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

"Exemplary...dazzling and ludicrous." - Jonathan Lethem, The New York Times Book Review

It is 2001 in New York City, in the lull between the collapse of the dot-com boom and the terrible events of September 11th. 

Maxine Tarnow runs a fine little fraud investigation business on the Upper West Side. All is ticking over nice and normal, until she starts looking into the finances of a computer-security firm and its billionaire geek CEO. She soon finds herself mixed up with a drug runner in an art deco motorboat, a professional nose obsessed with Hitler’s aftershave, a neoliberal enforcer with footwear issues, and an array of bloggers, hackers, code monkeys, and entrepreneurs, some of whom begin to show up mysteriously dead. Foul play, of course.

Will perpetrators be revealed, forget about brought to justice? Will Maxine have to take the handgun out of her purse? Will Jerry Seinfeld make an unscheduled guest appearance? Will accounts secular and karmic be brought into balance?

Hey. Who wants to know?

About the Author

Thomas Pynchon is the author of V.; The Crying of Lot 49; Gravity’s Rainbow; Slow Learner, a collection of short stories; Vineland; Mason & Dixon; Against the Day; Inherent Vice; Bleeding Edge; and Shadow Ticket. He received the National Book Award for Gravity’s Rainbow in 1974.