Thomas Pynchon's literary career was launched not with the release of his widely acclaimed first novel, V., but with the publication in literary magazines of the five stories collected here. In his introduction to Slow Learner the author reviews his early work with disarming candor and recalls the American cultural landscape of the early post-Beat era in which the stories were written. Time magazine described this introductory essay as Pynchon's first public gesture toward autobiography.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 04/30/1985
ISBN: 9780316724432
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Library Journal 05/01/1998 pg. 144