1931 Winter: The Time of the Oasis

1931 Winter: The Time of the Oasis is the twentieth volume in the Baccano! light novel series.

Synopsis
THE YEAR 1931. As the Flying Pussyfoot races toward New York with a shocking incident transpiring onboard, another ruckus is afoot behind the scenes. As dawn approaches, various factions congregate near the river and wait for the train to cross the bridge. Among them are Lemures standing by for contact from the train, and Jacuzzi’s friends preparing to retrieve the stolen cargo. Meanwhile, an all-girl gang of bandits is plotting a new train robbery, and a boy has just run away from home. At first glance, they may seem unconnected, but their paths are about to converge into familiar chaos…

Trivia

 * This novel is a revised update of the gaiden novel 193X The Time Of the Oasis, which was originally released in three parts between March 26, 2008, to May 28, 2008, in conjunction with DVD volumes 6–8 of the 2007 anime adaptation. According to author Ryohgo Narita, the light novel is almost exactly the same as the gaiden novel with the exception of the added Extra Chapters.
 * Narita decided to revise the gaiden novel into book form as an important preface to the succeeding novel 1935-C: The Grateful Bet, which features several characters from Time of the Oasis. Having originally written the gaiden novel five years prior to its final form, he has admitted to feeling some embarrassment when looking the original gaiden novel over.
 * From the afterword, it appears that Narita expected Time of the Oasis to be released on February 10, ten years to the day since he debuted with The Rolling Bootlegs. For unknown reasons, Time of the Oasis would instead release one month later, on March 9, 2013.