Suggestions

[Dave Monroe]

I was surprised myself at just how respectable that
little Twayne book turned out to be.  When all else
fails, there's always one of those little Twayne books
(the little Twayne that could?  But note that "No.
602").  They seem to be online, but accessible by
password only.  Perhaps if you're at a subscribing
institution ... anyway, came to my rescue when I was
working on the very great Sir John Suckling.  In the
meantime, still can't access that Wood review ...

http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/WWWarchdisplay.cgi?19730322022R

... and I imagine most libraries are going to have
issues of the NYRB that far back on microfilm at best.
 It might be a while ...


--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> I really would urge anyone interested to check out
> that Michael Wood review
> in the March 22, 1973 issue of the _New York Review
> of Books_. I dug out the
> microfiche today and it's far superior to Locke's
> imho.
> 
> In terms of something to help a reader just starting
> out on Pynchon's work I
> don't think you can go past the nifty little Twayne
> edition on _Thomas
> Pynchon_ written by Judith Chambers. It's
> intelligent, concise and doesn't
> get all caught up with abstruse theories or
> moralistic nonsense:
> 
> Chambers, Judith. _Thomas Pynchon_. New York: Twayne
> (Twayne's U.S. Authors
> Series No 602), 1992.
> 
> best
> 


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