The novel centrai characters race each other through a treasure hunt of false clues，disguises，distractions，horrific plots and comic counterplots fo arrive at the formula which wiff iaunch the Super Rocket.

‘This stunner is an ready classed with Moby Dickand Ulysses．Set in Europe at the end of with the V2 as the White Whale．The novel centrai characters race each other through a treasure hunt of false clues，disguises，distractions，horrific plots and comic counterplots fo arrive at the formula which wiff iaunch the Super Rocket…I'm possi ble here to convey the vastness of Pynchon’S range，the brilliance of his imagery，the vi rtuosity of his style and his supreme ability to lncorporate the cultu ral miasma of modern life’vogue.