Pynchon & South Bay

[pynchonoid]

http://www.theaesthetic.com/NewFiles/pynchon.html

...is an amusing article that offers no eyewitness
evidence to support the mythical accounts of Pynchon
jumping out of windows and running away from people;
the article merely repeats uncorroborated "stories" 
-- better characterized as rumors in the absence of
convincing evidence to the contrary -- that have been
the staple of this sort of feature article about
Pynchon for the past 30 years; the author admits as
much, announcing in paragraph 9 that he's dealing with
legend, not fact. 

The material in the article about Pynchon's life in
Manhattan Beach does appear to be based on witness
accounts.

The author makes a common mistake, mindlessly
repeating the canard that Pynchon never grants
interviews.  I assume the author of this piece doesn't
know about Pynchon's interviews with Hadju, CNN, and
Playboy Japan.










	
		
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