Knowingly overblown and gloriously inscrutable: Shadow Ticket is vintage Thomas Pynchon Maybe you’ve felt, in recent times, that the world has become a more uncertain place. The Conversation · Oct 20, 2025
Thomas Pynchon’s whodunnit is painfully plotless I couldn’t read it — and trust me, I tried. There are sentences here that go on for half a page and still go nowhere Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2025
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – his first novel in 12 years tunes into rising fascism in the US The 88-year-old’s jaunty whodunnit, set during the prohibition era, features clowns, Nazis and a missing cheese heiress The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2025
New novel from reclusive author Thomas Pynchon coming this year After 12 years away, the famously reclusive writer Thomas Pynchon is set to return this year with his 10th book. Euronews · Apr 10, 2025
Thomas Pynchon announces new novel Shadow Ticket, his first in 12 years Like his previous two novels, Pynchon’s next book is a noir detective story The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2025
Thomas Pynchon announces Shadow Ticket, his first novel in more than a decade The elusive 87-year-old author’s new book is a noir caper set during the big band era following a detective in search of a cheese heiress The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2025