Legends of Modernity
Czesław Miłosz
Legends of Modernity is a celebrated work by Czesław Miłosz (Nobel Laureate), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
Read Time: ~8.3 hr
Bleeding Edge
by Thomas Pynchon (2013)
About this book
New York City, 2001. Fraud investigator Maxine Tarnow starts looking into the finances of a computer-security firm and its billionaire geek CEO and discovers there's no shortage of swindlers looking to grab a piece of what's left of the tech bubble.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraContemporary
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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