Norman Ohler
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The intensity of this novel, Gravity's Rainbow, is unparalleled.
And I'm still puzzled by how he did it.
And it's not known how he did it because he lives a completely obscure life.
No one knows basically who he is.
Well, Slothrob is the American agent who's the main character.
He works for Allied Intelligence, and he's really a funny guy.
He smokes a lot of weed, and he's in Berlin and bombed out Berlin after the war.
It's just funny to go with him through that.
He's a great character.
It's a great novel.
It really is.
So it does give a window into history also.
It does, yeah.
But that's not why it's interesting to me.
But it makes it especially interesting.
Because the way he describes these situations, it's just the way he writes is phenomenal.
It's a Pulitzer Prize.
Oh, but I'm sure he didn't take it.
On lists.
Yeah, he declined.