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Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: 25 Notable Recluses

Many a celebrity has sought a life of obscurity after realizing the toll of the persistent gaze of the public eye. Ironically, that often serves to make them even more interesting to fans and journalists alike. Poor health, mental illness, sordid secrets and a simple desire for privacy can all turn a famous person into a recluse, and all of them have. From Salinger to Chappelle, here are 25 recluses and what made them shun the limelight:...  read more

Thomas Pynchon writing noir detective novel

Thomas Pynchon is a famous recluse, his identity, career status and location always having been a subject of speculation. He hasn't published often, and now, less than two years after his unwieldy sixth novel, Against the Day (more than a thousand pages of what The Economist called "rambling, pompous and often completely incomprehensible" prose), news of a compact genre-novel hits....  read more