Your Morning Pynchon

For Monday, March 2nd, 2026

Week 160 of our regular morning feature here at Friedman of the Plains Worldwide in which we highlight the great words and works of great men and women, as well as those who are insufferable, delusional, and even fictional.

This Week Thomas Pynchon

At Night of the World, inspired by the multi-floor cabarets of Berlin, what circles of depravity may be found do not rise from street level but instead go corkscrewing down beneath it, ten floors down it’s said, ten known of and more rumoured, down through boiling mineral springs, towards ancient depths few have been willing to dare, each with its own bar and dance band and clientele. — Shadow Ticket