When the novel begins, he is an American working for Allied Intelligence in London.
As a child, he was the subject of experiments by a Harvard professor who is now a Nazi scientist. When the novel begins, he is an American working for Allied Intelligence in London. Agents of the Firm, a clandestine military organization, are investigating an apparent connection between his erections and the targeting of incoming V-2 rockets. His quest for the truth behind these implications leads him on a nightmarish journey of either historic discovery or profound paranoia, depending on your interpretation. FTP, name this hero of Thomas Pynchon's 1974 National Book Award-winning novel Gravity's Rainbow.
As a child, he was the subject of experiments by a Harvard professor who is now a Nazi scientist.
Lieutenant Tyrone Slothrop