Featuring a Depression-era private eye, “Shadow Ticket” will be the 87-year-old writer’s first book since 2013.

Reclusive literary giant Thomas Pynchon, 87, is publishing a new novel in October — and it has a Milwaukee setting.

One month shy of his 88th birthday, Thomas Pynchon is set to publish his first book in 12 years. “Shadow Ticket” is scheduled for Oct. 7.

Thomas Pynchon has revealed his upcoming novel 'Shadow Ticket,' the critically acclaimed and notoriously camera-shy author’s first book in 12 years.