Stupid student Thomas Pynchon

Thomas Pynchon's only collection of short prose contains 5 of his early short stories, which marked the beginning of a rapid career as one of the best and most secretive writers in modern America. Pynchon addresses his favorite topics: entropy, conspiracy theories, the mechanization of the modern world - and combines them with numerous vocations to American popular culture and intellectual literature. The preface to the collection is one of the few author's comments on his work and at the same time a witty and unparalleled view of the twentieth century.