248 - Hicks in Milwaukee: Thomas Pynchon's 'Shadow Ticket" ft. Devin Thomas O'Shea

Description: 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 Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/29/shadow-ticket-thomas-pynchon-book-review

“Thomas Pynchon is Angry” by Richard Beck in The Yale Review
https://yalereview.org/article/richard-beck-thomas-pynchon

“Thomas Pynchon’s world of shadows” by William T. Vollmann in UnHerd
https://unherd.com/2025/10/thomas-pynchons-world-of-shadows/ Close description