pynchon mention

[Richard Romeo]

M sed:>
>I read the Twenty-seventh City over a decade ago and I'm not likely to
>revisit it for the sake of this string.  But, at the time, I thought the 
>idea >of the Indian police chief was funny and intentionally so -- the 
>perfect >woman, brought in against all odds--foreign, small, a woman--to 
>try to bring >sense to a run-amok metropolitan police department, a classic 
>underdog--and >she's corrupt!
>
>I liked the book quite a bit (although I read it free of all comparisons to
>Pynchon, Gaddis, DFW, etc.); maybe that's the difference?
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it seemed the absurdity siutation w/ the police chief didn't mix well for me 
with all the gritty realism. But taste is never ever right or wrong. I tend 
to stay away from any and all new babes compared to the heavyweights--I'm 
always disappointed.

Fwiw...I think Coover is one of our most neglected genuises.

Rich
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