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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:literary_work
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:King_Aeacus
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:Gravity's_Rainbow_(unproduced_film)
Inherent Vice (film)
The Crying of Lot 49 (theater)
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Thomas_Pynchon
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:William_Dean_Howells_Medal
gptkb:award
gptkb:PEN/_Faulkner_Award
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gptkbp:characteristics
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cultural references
multiple perspectives
non-linear storytelling
extensive footnotes
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gptkbp:genre
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postmodern literature
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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the works of Thomas Pynchon
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gptkbp:influence
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gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace
gptkb:Don_De_Lillo
gptkb:Jonathan_Franzen
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gptkbp:inspiration
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gptkb:church
gptkb:Author
surrealism
counterculture movements
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gptkbp:is_criticized_for
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celebrated for depth and complexity
often considered difficult to read
polarizing among readers
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:The_Crying_of_Lot_49
gptkb:Bleeding_Edge
gptkb:Mason_&_Dixon
gptkb:Gravity's_Rainbow
gptkb:Against_the_Day
gptkb:Inherent_Vice
V.
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gptkbp:published_year
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gptkb:1963
gptkb:1973
gptkb:1990
gptkb:2006
gptkb:2009
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:California
post-war period
20th century America
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gptkbp:style
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rich symbolism
dark humor
intertextuality
complex narrative structure
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gptkbp:theme
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gptkb:physicist
gptkb:technology
American culture
paranoia
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