Bleeding Edge

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detective novel novel postmodern novel

Bleeding Edge is a 2013 postmodern detective novel by Thomas Pynchon that explores the intersection of technology, capitalism, and conspiracy in New York City around the time of the dot-com crash and 9/11.

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instanceOf detective novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
postmodern novel ⓘ
author Thomas Pynchon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
exploresTheme capitalism ⓘ
conspiracy ⓘ
corporate power ⓘ
late capitalism ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
technology ⓘ
terrorism ⓘ
the internet ⓘ
followsInBibliography Inherent Vice ⓘ
genre detective fiction ⓘ
postmodern fiction ⓘ
satirical fiction ⓘ
hasISBN 978-1-59420-229-0 ⓘ
hasLiteraryStyle dark humor ⓘ
dense prose ⓘ
paranoiac narrative ⓘ
pastiche ⓘ
hasNarrativeElement 9/11 aftermath ⓘ
deep web ⓘ
dot-com bubble collapse ⓘ
startup culture ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox around 480 pages ⓘ
hasTargetAudience adult readers ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Maxine Tarnow ⓘ
mediaType hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableWork Bleeding Edge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfAuthorOeuvre late works of Thomas Pynchon ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York
protagonistOccupation decertified fraud examiner ⓘ
fraud investigator ⓘ
publicationYear 2013 ⓘ
publisher Penguin Books ⓘ
surface form: Penguin Press
settingLocation New York City ⓘ
settingTime around the September 11 attacks ⓘ
around the dot-com crash ⓘ

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