A simple Pynchon:Gaddis anal-o[r]gy
Schwitterz
mcmullenm at vcss.k12.ca.us
Wed Sep 3 20:52:37 CDT 1997
I always consider reviews more of a self-review of the reviewer that any kind
of objective statement about a work of art...I chopped up Keith's review to
show how accurate it is in describing itself.
Sz
Brecher_Keith/mskcc_Neurology at mskmail.mskcc.org wrote:
> .
> To begin with, a simple anal-o[r]gy:
>
> Thomas Pynchon:MASON & DIXON::William Gaddis:A FROLIC OF HIS OWN
>
> I realized this when I was ruminating about ... turning out substandard
> material.
>
>
> it has to be considered one great hoax... Besides
> being [an] inflated ... review...[it is] total bullshit. Why? Because
> [it ] does not stand up on re-reading.
Sz
>
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