Best Novel of 2004

[MalignD at aol.com]

> <<Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell.
> 
> Best by about a million miles over anything else I read this year.
> 
> Any Pynchon fan who has not read this yet, should RUN, not walk, to the 
> nearest bookstore or library and get cracking!  The pynchonian echoes in this 
> book are thunderous!>>
> 
I had two weeks off in November and this was among the books I took away with 
me, with great anticipation.   But I couldn't get past the first section.   
His attempt to write in an antiquated prose style was so unrelentingly cute and 
self-proud I gave up on the rest of the book, knowing I'd have to plow 
through this section to get to what came next.

Pynchon's similar stunt in Mason & Dixon, also often too cute by half, was a 
roaring success compared to this.   
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