The irony of Pynchon

[Paul Mackin]

Pynchon may not be an ironist but there is an irony in Pynchon consisting of the fact that, though he writes like an angel, the novels,  filled to the brim with meanings to ponder, don't relate to specific lives sufficiently to make them truly satisfying in a way we expect from novels. At least such is my reaction. There are no doubt good postmoderist reasons for this but it is a bitter twist of fate none the less.

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