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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