Gaddis and Pynchon

[owen j mcgrann]

> > If not Gaddis, who are the novelists that can carry TRP's pocket
>protector?
>
>Writing today?  None.
>
>I have read thousands of books since I first read V. in 1965.  I have
>sung the praises of many great contemporary authors to whoever would
>listen.  But I have TO THIS DAY not found one living author who combines
>the intelligence, wit, compassion and skill of Thomas Pynchon. I have not
>found even one who comes close!

garcia marquez, wilson harris, john banville, reynolds price, or rushdie 
could probably hold his pocket protector.  i don't think they're not as 
good as pynchon, but pynchon surely isn't alone up on that highest literary 
peak.


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