Against the Day

“[Pynchon’s] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel . . . With Against the Day, Pynchon proves himself the heir to [Conrad and Wells], and a matchless fantasist of the real.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Audacious, bodacious, entropic, synoptic, electric, eclectic, entertaining, hyperbraining, high-roller, tripolar . . . Buy Against the Day.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Against the Day is a major work of art and, like all creations of surpassing greatness, something to be studied.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Those who climb aboard Pynchon’s airship will have the ride of their lives. History lesson, mystical quest, utopian dream, experimental metafiction, Marxist melodrama, Marxian comedy—Against the Day is all of these things and more.” —The Washington Post Book World

“Raunchy, funny, digressive, brilliant.” —USA Today

“Rich and sweeping, wild and thrilling.” —The Boston Globe