mindbender's pleasures

[Burns, Erik]

Oh, how little Mr. Phelan knows!

"The answer depends on your definition of good writing. According to the
think-tank at the Modern Language Association, Thomas Pynchon's byzantine
rocket epic Gravity's Rainbow is the most studied piece of fiction published
since 1960. But you can bet your bippy that obtuse mindbender has never kept
anyone awake and reading until 5am, eyes wide and nostrils flaring, or
incited hordes of indifferent yet impressionable teen readers to become
lifelong book-lovers."

(from an article on Stephen King, by Stephen Phelan, in Scottish paper The
Sunday Herald, March 10 (http://www.sundayherald.com/22785)