Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon (paperback)

Description A private eye is catapulted on to a continent-hopping journey that proves difficult to escapeA masterpiece A vintage tale of adventure Daily TelegraphSwing bands, spies and surreal danger A wild ride i PaperBrilliant fun Rollicking Washington PostMilwaukee, 1932. Private eye Hicks McTaggart gets sent out on what should be a routine case, locating and bringing back the heiress of a Wisconsin cheese fortune whos taken a mind to go wandering. By the time Hicks catches up with her in Hungary he will find himself also entangled with Nazis, Soviet agents, British counterspies, swing musicians, outlaw motorcyclists, and the troubles that come with each of them. Surrounded by history he cant see his way around in or out of, the only bright side for Hicks is its the dawn of the Big Band Era and hes a pretty good dancer. Whether this will be enough to allow him to Lindy-hop his way back again to Milwaukee, and the normal world, is another question. Late Pynchon at his finest Los Angeles TimesSo alive, so pleasurable Megan NolanGrabs you by the collar New York Times Customers Also Liked Related products Vineland by Thomas Pynchon Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon Reviews