What does Pynchon think about Lot 49?

[Craig Clark]

Brian D. McCary writes:
 
  > (wrt "Under the Rose") "Readers may also feel shorted because of 
  > how, more than anyone, the masterful John le Carre has upped the 
  > ante for the whole genre.  Today we expect a complexity of plot and 
  > depth of character which are missing from my effort here."  OK, so 
  > maybe he's pulling my leg here.  le Carre?  I dunno.  But the point 
  > applies fairly clearly to the story and to...

Any problems with TRP describing le Carre as "masterful"? Or 
associating le Carre with complexity of plot and depth of character? 
Seems to me like TRP is giving credit where it's due...

Craig Clark

"Living inside the system is like driving across
 the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent
 on suicide."
   - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"