{"product_id":"gravitys-rainbow-classics-deluxe-edition","title":"Gravity's Rainbow (Classics Deluxe Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the National Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The most profound and accomplished American novel since the end of World War II.” —\u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A screaming comes across the sky. . .” A few months after the Germans’ secret V-2 rocket bombs begin falling on London, British Intelligence discovers that a map of the city pinpointing the sexual conquests of one Lieutenant Tyrone Slothrop, U.S. Army, corresponds identically to a map showing the V-2 impact sites. The implications of this discovery will launch Slothrop on an amazing journey across war-torn Europe, fleeing an international cabal of military-industrial superpowers, in search of the mysterious Rocket 00000.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGravity’s Rainbow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the twentieth century as Joyce’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUlysses\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative and penetrating analysis of the impact of technology on society make it an intellectual tour de force.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Penguin Classics deluxe edition features a specially designed cover by Frank Miller along with french claps and deckle-edged paper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish Date - 1973 - Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54159058207030,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/IMG-5413.jpg?v=1782514365","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/gravitys-rainbow-classics-deluxe-edition","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}