Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. is an American novelist based in New York City and noted for his dense and complex works of fiction. Hailing from Long Island, Pynchon spent two years in the United States Navy and earned an English degree from Cornell University. After publishing several short stories in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he began composing the novels for which he is best known: V. (1963), The Crying of Lot 49 (1966), Gravity's Rainbow (1973), and Mason & Dixon (1997).
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Adèle Ratignolle, Alcée Arobin, Alphonse Ratignolle, Bartell D'Arcy, Beaudelet, Billy Budd, Charles (Geodät) Mason, Charles Mason (1728-1786), Charles Mason (1730-1787), Doctor Mandelet, Edna Pontellier, Edward Fairfax Vere, Ellen Joe, Etienne Pontellier, Farival twins, Freddy Malins, Gabriel Conroy, Gouvernail, Gretta Conroy, James Highcamp, Jeremiah Dixon, Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779), John Claggart, Julia Morkan, Jérémiah DixonTime
1600-1775 (Période coloniale), 18e siècle, 19th century, 2001, 20th century, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775ID Numbers
- OLID: OL4423376A
- Amazon ID: B000APMBHA
- BookBrainz: 007d283f-85ba-40bc-87df-5507c88145dc
- GoodReads: 235
- ISNI: 0000000120965983
- Integrated Authority File (GND): 118597221
- IMDb: nm1535410
- Inventaire: wd:Q35155
- Library of Congress Names: n79099184
- LibraryThing: pynchonthomas
- MusicBrainz: 0952910b-7e97-4aec-8186-2f9f76a4dd14
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV078322
- Storygraph: f7738619-65a4-4447-978a-64938adf3691
- VIAF: 88986700
- Wikidata: Q35155
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- Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr.
- T. Pynchon
- Pynchon, Thomas Ruggles, Jr.
- Pinchon, Tomas
- thomas pynchon
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