Andi Chorley
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Reader. Gardener. Jazz, psychedelic music and more lover. Hiker. Photographer. Outdoor and indoor swimmer.
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Andi Chorley
@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk
Reader. Gardener. Jazz, psychedelic music and more lover. Hiker. Photographer. Outdoor and indoor swimmer.
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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk
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Feb 01, 2026
Vineland is a 1990[a] postmodern novel by Thomas Pynchon set in California in 1984, the year of President Ronald Reagan's reelection. Through flashbacks, its characters, who lived through the 1960s, account for the free spirit of rebellion of that decade, and describe the traits of the "fascistic Nixonian repression" and the war on drugs that clashed with it. The book portrays transformations in U.S. society from the 1960s to the 1980s. - Wikipedia
My first Thomas Pynchon novel, despite having meant to read him for decades. A dense, intense read, but very worthwhile, and whilst about Reagan's Amerikka and what preceded it is nonetheless very relevant to the events we are living through today.
I look forward to reading the loose adaptation, One Battle After Another.
#ThomasPynchon #Reading #Novels #USA #America #Nixon #Reagan #WaronDrugs
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