India, Oct. 15 -- Thomas Pynchon has long been in the running for the Nobel Prize for Literature, but he didn't get it this time either. But fans are nonetheless celebrating, as the US author has now published a new novel - his first in 12 years. New York (dpa) - Very few people are as famous and yet as unknown as Thomas Pynchon, the USauthor who has millions of fans but is rarely seen in person. He has been tipped for the Nobel Prize for Literature over the decades as one of the most important contemporary English-language writers. Nonetheless, he has managed to take anonymity to extremes rarely seen in these social media-saturated times. Pynchon lives a completely secluded life, gives virtually no interviews, does not attend award ceremon...