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  • Cover of Gravity's Rainbow
    Gravity's RainbowNovel

    Thomas Pynchon · standalone novel · 1973

    Postmodern, about political intrigue, set in british isles.

    “The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military.”

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    Kurt Vonnegut & Jr. · standalone novel · 1962

    Reflective in tone, set in our world and mid 20th century.

    “Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American playwright who grew up in Germany, writes his memoirs from an Israeli prison cell awaiting trial for war crimes.”

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  • Cover of The White Hotel
    The White HotelNovel

    D. M. Thomas · standalone novel · 1981

    About grief and loss.

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    A Man Lies DreamingSeries

    series · 3 books · 2014

    Alternate history, about totalitarianism.

    “The Lunacy Commission returns to related alternate-history material.”

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    Daniel Kraus · standalone novel · 2025

    About angels and survival.

    “The protagonist is a draft dodger and then an army private who encounters an angel on the battlefield.”

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    Todd FamilySeries

    series · 2 books · 2013

    Bittersweet and reflective in tone, about grief and loss, set in british isles.

    “The companion novel A God in Ruins turns to Ursula's brother Teddy, a bomber pilot, following his one, single life forward from the war through old age.”

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