pynchon mention

[Richard Romeo]

I wonder about Franzen--Ok, he knew alot about St. Louis in the 27th City 
and yet the plot regarding the Indian police chief was so damned impausible 
that it unbalanced all the small insights he made about that sad city.

Strong Motion was very labored.

I also wonder about all the Pynchon/Gaddis connections--cause his books are 
long-ish?--what shite. I've read a few excerpts from The Corrections and god 
knows what all the fuss is about.  Seemed very mainstream to me. more 
navel-gazing, depresso characters, dysfunctional family blandness. OK, some 
will love it--fine, just not for me.

Franzen's idea of being profund is to claim that he predicted the dot.com 
bust.  golly



Rich

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