Pynchon's new book....

[Dave Monroe]

>From Scott comes this rumor that Pynchon has a new
book out in December from Viking, set in 1897 Chicago.
There is nothing currently listed at the Amazon site,
nor on the Penguin site, but the Wikipedia Pynchon
entry notes:

It has been rumored that Pynchon’s next book will be
about the life and loves of Sofia Kovalevskaya, whom
he allegedly studied in Germany. The former German
minister of culture Michael Naumann has stated that he
assisted Pynchon in his research about “a Russian
mathematician [who] studied for David Hilbert in
Göttingen”. Information from Penguin Press (Viking)
places the new novel’s publication date as December
2006.

Of course, since we have nothing here that has been
confirmed, it’s best to treat all this information as
rumor or conjecture. I will be making calls this
morning to see if I can confirm anything. I’ve also
sent an email to Paul Slovak.

[UPDATE: There is some kind of Pynchon book being
handled by The Penguin Press, not Viking. My contacts
at Viking expressed some familiarity with it (one even
confirming December publication), without actually
telling me what it was. I have a call into Penguin
Press people and, as soon as I learn more, I will
report it here.]

[UPDATE 2: I’ve spoken with Tracy Locke. She has
confirmed that The Penguin Press is publishing a
Pynchon book in December 2006, but will not reveal any
further information at this time. There isn’t yet a
title for the book.] ...

http://www.edrants.com/?p=3653

But where DID this Chicago rumor come from ...

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