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Born May 8, 1937 (age 87) • New York
Awards And Honors National Book Award
Notable Works “Against the Day” • “Bleeding Edge” • “Gravity’s Rainbow” • “Inherent Vice” • “Mason & Dixon” • “The Crying of Lot 49” • “The Secret Integration” • “V.” • “Vineland”

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