~33,000 WORDS
©2010
ECW Press

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Chris Eaton’s fictions read like intellectual fisticuffs: bruising but with more than a touch of moustache wax. Playing with notions of ownership and plagiarism, Letters to Thomas Pynchon is a collection of early stories and new works. Beginning with anunmailed letter to Thomas Pynchon, Eaton further riffs on literary history with occasional side trips into obscure – possibly fake – history, lost cinemas, and NASA’s track record.

With a sense of gravity and humor, Letters to Thomas Pynchon proves that originality is sometimes an artists toughest sparring partner.

“Beautifully written” — Jonathan Lethem

“One of the country's best new writers.” — Eye Weekly