His latest novel borrows too freely from his previous work. But what work it has been By Leo Robson Shadow Ticket, Thomas Pynchon’s new novel, is built around doubles. It takes place in 1932, and ...

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Sure, the hit movie is loosely based on 'Vineland,' but an oddball clandestine secret society and the creeping dread of encroaching oppression are straight from the author's oeuvre. By Kevin Dolak At ...

The celebrated author of “Gravity’s Rainbow” may have a cult following on campus and a reputation for formidable literary high jinks. But his novels are also just plain fun. Credit...Author photo by ...

In a little-covered speech, the Supreme Court justice explained how he thinks the court should reverse rulings conservatives don’t like. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. In an ...

With next week’s publication of his ninth novel, “Shadow Ticket,” Thomas Pynchon’s secret 20th century is at last complete. For many of us, Pynchon is the best American writer since F. Scott ...

GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police in Grand Blanc, Michigan, identified the man suspected of fatally shooting two people and wounding eight others at a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse as Thomas Jacob ...

The man police identified as the gunman who killed at least four people and injured several others during services at a Michigan Mormon church on Sunday before setting the building on fire is a ...

Thomas Sanford described his son as a devoted family man who loved his country. Four church members died in the attack. Eight others were wounded. Thomas Sanford apologized to the families of the ...

This story has been updated with additional information. When Burton City Council candidate Kris Johns heard that someone shot churchgoers and burned down the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

Michigan law enforcement authorities identified 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford of Burton, Michigan as the suspect who killed four people and injured eight others when he rammed a pickup truck into a ...

Police identified the suspect responsible for the shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan, as 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford. The Grand Blanc Township ...