Pylon is a novel by the
American author
William Faulkner. Published in 1935,
Pylon is set in New Valois, a fictionalized version of
New Orleans. It is one of Faulkner's few novels set outside
Yoknapatawpha County, his favorite fictional setting, based on
Lafayette County, Mississippi.
Pylon is the story of a group of
barnstormers whose lives are thoroughly unconventional. They live hand-to-mouth, always just a step or two ahead of destitution, and their interpersonal relationships are unorthodox and shocking by the standards of their society and times. They meet an overwrought and extremely emotional newspaperman in New Valois, who gets deeply involved with them, with tragic consequences.