Love letter to New York that explores a sense of personal violation at 9/11

Bleeding Edge

He’s a literary giant but you won’t see him on magazine covers or even on the jacket of his books.

No, Thomas Pynchon has never given an interview and never allows himself to be photographed (there exist only four verified images) but, as with most things, he seems to regard seclusion as one big joke, having happily appeared on not one but two episodes of The Simpsons with a paper bag over his head shouting, “Hey, over here! Have your picture taken with a reclusive author!”.