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Against the Day

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Against the Day is an epic historical novel by Thomas Pynchon, published on November 21, 2006. The narrative takes place between the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and the time immediately following World War I and features more than 280 characters spread across the United States, Europe, Mexico, Central Asia, Africa and, according to the book jacket blurb written by Pynchon, "one or two places not strictly speaking on the map at all." Like its predecessors, Against the Day is an example of historiographic metafiction or metahistorical romance. At 1,085 pages, it is the longest of Pynchon's novels to date.

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GenreLiterary fiction· first published 2006

Vivek’s Notes

"I wanted to torture myself some more." Set between the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and the time immediately following World War I, with more than 280 characters spread across the United States, Europe, Mexico, Central Asia and Africa. "A waste of my time to be honest, at 1085 pages."

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