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American novelist (born 1937)

Also known as: Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr., Томас Пинчон, توماس بينشون, 토머스 핀천, トマス・ピンチョン

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Known works

Forms of the Novella (1988)
Gravity's Rainbow (1973)
The Crying of Lot 49 (2006)
Mason & Dixon (1997)
Bleeding Edge