Nobel Laureate 2000 ...

[Dave Monroe]

... well, no doubt by now you all know this year's Nobel Laureate in
Lit'rachure in one Gao Xingjian.  Obligatory hyperlink:

http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/10/12/nobel.literature/index.html

Who I know nothing about.  But was happy enough to have at least somehow
channeled that Chinese factor from the ether, so ... but 2001, for
meritorious service, Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr., no doubt you DIDN'T
hear it from me first, but my question is, given a Nobel Prize, would
Pynchon finally show up an accept?  Think Professor Irwin Corey is still
available ...