As you can see, this is nearer poetry than prose, and it seems almost preternatural that anyone could write at this level for 773 pages, but thomas pynchon does. A personal foray into the longlost pynchon tapes the new. His style is very dense, and lends from influences such as herman melville. A time magazine and new york times best book of the year charles mason 17281786 and jeremiah dixon 17331779 were the british surveyors best.
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