Pynchon's fat novel repudiated?

[Otto]

>
> I know  a few Europeans who have read Underworld
> and they did *not* like it. It was too American.
> It truly is a very American novel (not
> necessarily "The GAN"), and much of it is very
> New York.  It goes from a famous baseball game to
> massive consumerism and Cold War paranoia with
> Lenny Bruce and J. Edgar Hoover and the Texas
> Highway Killer and all sorts of good
> old-fashioned Amerikan things. I think it's hard
> for non-Americans (or even Americans under age
> 40) to connect with (if you will).
>
> Bekah
>

Please note exceptions. I liked it. But I admit that I prefer "Running Dog"
and "Libra."

What Europeans of course cannot fully apprehend is the baseball game, the
"national" American game. Isn't there a habit that the president or some
other celebrity throws the first ball?

Otto