PI's positive, matter-of-fact review keeps a low profile. There is little that hasn't been said already. However, TP's decision to use a narrator in a "surprisingly conventional" way makes the reviewer wonder. "Fortunately, Pynchon largely neglects" "[t]his framing device". http://www.phillynews.com/inquirer/97/Apr/27/books/MASON27.htm Heikki