Reviewed in the LRB – Vol. 47 No. 23

From the publisher:
A private eye is catapulted on to a riotous and continent-hopping journey that proves difficult to escape – the new novel from Thomas PynchonMilwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the…

From the publisher:
Flush with hundreds of illustrations, this book revisits the histories of chemistry, medicine, ideas, and culture through the lens of alchemy The craft of alchemy has intrigued and mystified people since antiquity. Many early cultures…