Holt PR

[David Casseres]

Steelhead sez

>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.

Ahem, Steely, I think you oughta *read the book* first.

Cheers,
David