Pynchon's interview with Playboy Japan

[David Gentle]

> I'm perfectly willing to believe P said the
> blockheaded things that appear in the interview.  I'm
> equally willing to believe the interview is spurious.
>
> I'm addressing the attempts to have it both ways, to
> argue that what is patent nonesense actually isn't; or
> that it is nonsense, but it's the fault of the translation.
One possibility that hasn't been considered but seems plausable is the "fake Pynchon" angle. What if
the interviewer conducted procedings in the belief that it was Mr P. himself when, in actual fact,
it was some sort of evil, hamfisted interloper?

Yes,

David Gentle