Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel, “Shadow Ticket,” set in 1932 in the perilous transition time between two world wars, has a lot to say about contemporary politics. The 88-year-old author’s latest book, ...

Each season brings its own collision of new voices, late-career swerves and returns to long-shadowed figures. This week's books offer that full spectrum. A nonagenarian master wanders back into the ...

A confession: I laughed my way through Thomas Pynchon’s flashy, vertiginous “Shadow Ticket,” much as I did when I first read “Vineland” in 1990. As the 88-year-old nears his 90th birthday, he’s still ...

Shadow Ticket, Thomas Pynchon’s latest (and, for an octogenarian author, possibly last) novel, opens with a bang. It is 1932, and Hicks McTaggart, a private eye in the employ of Unamalgamated Ops and ...