authors influenced by Pynchon

[Ya Sam]

Who is Tommaso Pincio? His nom-de-plume is obviously a pun on Thomas 
Pynchon, and his debut novel, M (published in Italy in 1999), winks at 
Pynchon's V. His second novel, Lo Spazio Sfinito, a sci-fi romp in which 
Jack Kerouac is sent into space by Coca-Cola, has not yet touched down in 
English. His third, Un Amore dell'Altro Mondo, was issued in 2002 by his 
third Italian publisher in as many years, to mixed reviews. Yet here we have 
it, translated as Love-Shaped Story and featuring a cover shot of a winsome 
blond boy, his brow disfigured by the blood-red title.

http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1188294,00.html

_________________________________________________________________
Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! 
http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/