Vineland underrated

[Paul Mackin]

On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 15:09, Carvill John wrote:
> Hi All   (and thanks to Mike Weaver for the fixed link)
> 
> I just wondered if anybody out there could give me a good, or even vaguely 
> persuasive, argument for just why Vineland remains so underrated. And I'm 
> not talking about the H Blooms of this world but the general readership. 
> Even articles I've read praising Vineland have described it as "weak" and 
> "full of padding". This seems incredible to me. Granted, it would be 
> difficult to argue against the view that Gravity's Rainbow is, in pure 
> literary terms, Pynchon's greatest achievement, but (and forgive me here 
> what many may possibly regard as a rather tenuous analogy) to me dismissing 
> Vineland because it isn't GR is like refusing to enjoy Goodfellas because it 
> isn't Raging Bull.
> 
> Being new to this list, I of course apologise if I am unknowingly attempting 
> here to reheat an old theme.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> John

Some themes are born old.

P. (who became old gradually)
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