He parked the wagon out on a vacant patch in Murray Hill and set in to study the mysteries of light-portraiture as then understood, gather...

  Merle's all-night illumination prolonged itself into an inescapable glow that began to keep him awake. * * * * * * * * * * Recently, I...

  "Just what people have been noticing ever since the first sunburn," Roswell shrugged, "which is that light makes things cha...

  Even if it was only some conjuring trick, purely secular, he wanted to learn it. * * * * * * * * * * "only some conjuring trick"...

  He knew he sounded like some rube at the fair but couldn't help it. * * * * * * * * * * "sounded like some rube at the fair"...

  "Do one more." * * * * * * * * * * The audience always wants to see another piece. In 2006, Pynchon probably knew he could do a ...

  Damn. * * * * * * * * * * Who is speaking this?! It's like the omniscient narrator has been invested in how much money Merle has. Oh, ...