Review: Thomas Pynchon’s ‘Shadow Ticket’ is a 1930s detective tale with a sucker punch ending
- Posted on September 30, 2025
- By Los Angeles Times
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Review: Thomas Pynchon’s ‘Shadow Ticket’ is a 1930s detective tale with a sucker punch ending

Thomas Pynchon hasn’t lost a step with his 1930s tale about the misadventures of a Milwaukee cheese heiress and the detective that travels to proto-fascist Budapest to find her.