Holt PR

[Steelhead]

The Henry Holt Press Release may well have been written by Pynchon. But it
sounds to me like it was written by John Barth--or perhaps one of his grad
students. Indeed, the novel is beginning to sound more and more like Barth
circa the Sotweed Factor. And I'm wondering, why go to the trouble? I mean
really.
"re-imagined," "updated version," "ripped bodices," "caffeine abuse?" Is
this supposed to be funny? Beckett and Joyce actually got better as they
got older. Pynchon seems intent on parodying the parodies of his
contemporaries. Too bad he didn't write that Mothra book.

Steely