The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military, and, in particular, the quest undertaken by several characters to uncover the secret of a mysterious device named the "Schwarzgerät" that is to be installed in a rocket with the serial number "00000."
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Gravity's Rainbow | Kindle Edition | 7475 | $9.99 | 2012 | |
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Gravity's Rainbow | Hardcover | 1906904 | $635.46 | $74.92 | 1973 |
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Gravity's Rainbow | Mass Market Paperback | 911808 | $49.95 | $9.89 | |
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By Thomas Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow [Audio CD] | Audio CD | 1350760 | $100.67 | $100.64 | 2014 |
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Gravity's Rainbow | Paperback | 1625859 | $46.22 | $1.48 | 1987 |
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Die Enden der Parabel: Gravity's Rainbow | Audible Audiobook | 178224 | $43.16 | 2020 | |
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Gravity's Rainbow (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) | Paperback | 263018 | $10.75 | $4.17 | 1995 |
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Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) | Paperback | 20107 | $12.88 | $4.85 | 2006 |
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Gravity's Rainbow | Hardcover | 2148407 | $75.00 | ||
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Gravity's Rainbow(Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) Publisher: Penguin Classics; Later Printing edition | Paperback | 150287 | $16.39 | $5.93 | |
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Gravity's Rainbow (French Edition) | Paperback | 1989442 | $11.66 | $8.72 | 1995 |