Gravity's Rainbow

It took me awhile to get through this one, but I wanted to take my time so that I would really get it completely and express myself perfectly here. I'll zip through the next couple of Pynchon books, however.

This is pretty much the story of Khama, king of the Bechuanas, and his relationship with the Nazi's, and the zoot-suit-ers, in parallel stories. Everything is in shambles due to the incessant bombing on the continant, and so an undergroud sect take all of the important European art, except for the Vermeer's, to the Island of Tulipomania. There, a secret society begins to make perfect reproductions in case the war turns out badly. Now, a Russian man named Tchitcherine discovers the abandoned Vermeer paintings, and using them as colateral, starts a gypsy army called "The Left" who volunteer at the mobile American weapons department testing stations. As they are blowing holes in the earth, trying to develop a bomb that will contain the axis powers. In one of the holes is discovered a secret underground tunnel that leads under the ocean and comes out in the storeroom of a department store in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The U-boat, Anibus, which has made its way through the St. Lawrence Seaway is prepared to attack Wisconsin, and then during an event called "the Last Randevous" the world is saved by pure luck, and the Master of the Woods. I regret to report that the last couple of pages of my book are missing, but still, I think I get the general I got the idea. It's probably worth reading, if you want to get some details I left out.

OK-- there you have it! Bring on whatever is next, and... happy reading!