Pynchon Blurb for Moody

[Richard Romeo]

Rick Moody, writing with boldness, humor, generosity of spirit, and a
welcome sense of wrath, takes the art of the memoir an important step
into its future. -Thomas Pynchon
Is Moody's agent Ms. Jackson too?

I wonder Paul about P.'s venturings into nonfiction--there really isn't
much there. It seems pretty scattershot to me.

Rich
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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 12:45:23 -0400
From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
Subject: The New York Review of Books: Guilt Stalker

Unfortunately this is not a link to the full review of the Moody 
memoire. Only a sampling of current issue NYR articles are free online.

I think the piece will be of interest to Pynchon watchers for at least 
two reasons.

Both P and M bear famous New England names, which figure in their
writing.

Both have ventured outside novel writing, where their talents are widely

acknowledged, into nonfiction. The reviewer  explains why he thinks in 
Moody's case this was not a good idea.

No mention of Pynchon in the review.

P.


http://www.nybooks.com/articles/article-preview?article_id=15696