Shadow Ticket - Thomas Pynchon

The Novel From Thomas Pynchon Milwaukee 1932, The Great Depression Going Full Blast, Repeal Of Prohibition Just Around The Corner, Al Capone In The Federal Pen, The Private Investigation Business Shifting From Labour-management Relations To The More Domestic Kind. Hicks Mctaggart, A One-time Strikebreaker Turned Private Eye, Thinks Hes Found Job Security Until He Gets Sent Out On What Should Be A Routine Case, Locating And Bringing Back The Heiress Of A Wisconsin Cheese Fortune Whos Taken A Mind To Go Wandering. Before He Knows It, Hes Been Shanghaied Onto A Transoceanic Liner, Ending Up Eventually In Hungary Where Theres No Shoreline, A Language From Some Other Planet, And Enough Pastry To See Any Cop Well Into Retirementand Of Course No Sign Of The Runaway Heiress Hes Supposed To Be Chasing.