So, how about that last chapitre of M&D?

[Daniel Callahan]

Pynchon was doing so well with the penultimate
chapter, a portrait of male comradeship that fairly
tore a tear from me, a piece of of his lightest and
most touching writing, perhaps to date.  

And then the final chapter comes along, more of the
Pynchon-patented weirdness, a scene that seems to
sprawl past Mason's death but only in a semi-developed
state, to say nothing about Mason's theory about the
positions of the stars jumping out of nowhere...

Now, I'm not one to defend Pynchon under any
circumstances.  In fact, those who can only defend his
work and not find fault of any kind are not critics. 
At the same time, I don't want to bash the guy unnec
just because his work is tough going.  So, any
thoughts on why the P. made this aesthetic choice and,
if so, how & why it does or does not work?

Daniel.

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"Any man who would prefer great wealth or power to love, the love of friends, is sick to the core of his soul."
- Euripides

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