248 - Hicks in Milwaukee: Thomas Pynchon's 'Shadow Ticket" ft. Devin Thomas O'Shea
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Writer Devin Thomas O'Shea joins LR once again, this time to discuss Thomas Pynchon's new novel "Shadow Ticket."Reviews mentioned: “Reading the New Pynchon Novel in a Pynchonesque America” by Kathryn Schultz in The New Yorkerhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/29/shadow-ticket-thomas-pynchon-book-review“Thomas Pynchon is Angry” by Richard Beck in The Yale Reviewhttps://yalereview.org/article/richard-beck-thomas-pynchon“Thomas Pynchon’s world of shadows” by William T. Vollmann in UnHerdhttps://unherd.com/2025/10/thomas-pynchons-world-of-shadows/
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