books.google.com - In the mid-1960s, the publication of Pynchon's V and The Crying of Lot 49 introduced a brilliant new voice to American literature. Gravity's Rainbow, his convoluted, allusive novel about a metaphysical quest, published in 1973, further confirmed Pynchon's reputation as one of the greatest writers of...http://books.google.com/books/about/Gravity_s_rainbow.html?id=iPDGp7VT8H8C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareGravity's rainbow