Pynchon and fascism

[Terrance]

Paul Nightingale wrote:
> 
> Postmodernist fiction? Given the theoretical assumptions (ie the
> postmodernist zeitgeist, which in itself is admittedly disputable) that
> inspire the dissolution of fact/fiction boundaries, it's possible that
> "postmodernist fiction" might be tautological and therefore meaningless.
> I agree we need something. At the moment we're still taking in old
> money.


Or perhaps diagnosis by elimination will have to suffice. 
It's not a drama, epic, tragedy, Power Bar wrapper.