In a short story by this author, Private "Lardass" Levine gathers dead bodies following a hurricane in Louisiana.
In a short story by this author, Private "Lardass" Levine gathers dead bodies following a hurricane in Louisiana. In a novel by this author, the Dutch spy Katje is attacked by the octopus Grigori. "The Small Rain" appears in this author's story collection Slow Learner. In a novel by this author, Roger Mexico correlates the Poisson distribution to the protagonist's sexual episodes. A different novel by this author centers on its protagonist's repeated encounters with the image of a muted posthorn, signifying the mysterious "Tristero" organization. For 10 points, name this author who wrote about Tyrone Slothrop in Gravity's Rainbow and about Oedipa Maas in The Crying of Lot 49. 
In a short story by this author, Private "Lardass" Levine gathers dead bodies following a hurricane in Louisiana.
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. 