Fwd: Pynchon's fat novel repudiated?

[Malignd]

<<But long enough to find himself on the bestseller
list.>>

You're misremembering the circumstances and
overvauling (at least in this instance) the impact of
Oprah's imprimatur.

Franzen was invited onto her show; he publically
expressed some qualms about the idea, she disinvited
him, and never discussed his book on the air.  Some of
the books went out with her little seal on them but,
in light of the flap, and the perceived insult to
Oprah and her fans, it's difficult to credit her for
the book's popularity.

Further, The Corrections got all but unanimously good
reviews and won the National Book Award only a few
weeks after the disinvitation.




	
		
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