Mason & Dixon

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Thomas Pynchon: Mason & Dixon (Paperback, 1998, Owl Books (NY))

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English language

Published Aug. 19, 1998 by Owl Books (NY).

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978-0-8050-5850-5
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Told from the focal point of one Rev. Wicks Cherrycoke – a clergyman of dubious orthodoxy – who attempts to entertain and divert his extended family on a cold December evening (partly for amusement, and partly to keep his coveted status as a guest in the house). Claiming to have accompanied Mason and Dixon throughout their journeys, Cherrycoke tells a tale intermingling Mason and Dixon's biographies with history, fantasy, legend, speculation, and outright fabrication.

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  • Historical - General
  • Literature - Classics / Criticism