ATD: ad: Pynchon excerpt from new novel

[Steve Maas]

While I agree Pynchon will never be a Dan Brown, thank god for small favors, 
I am sure I remember that M&D was on the NYT and other bestseller lists for 
a time.

Though I have no doubt that many of those copies were never read....

Steve Maas


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Robinlandseadel wrote:
I work in a bookstore. Nobody---and I mean nobody---ever came up to me and 
asked "Where can I find a copy of 'Mason & Dixon'?". When I showed up at the 
job six years ago, the store had stacks of remaindered copies of "M&D" and 
DeLillo's "Underworld" (I Bought three of the hardbound copies of "M&D" and 
one of "Underworld" [definitely a choice book for Pynchoniods]). Pynchon, 
despite the Simpsons, never will be a Dan Brown or even a Chuck 
Palahnuik---it's rather dubious that "ATD" will move that many copies, 
particularly considering its potential qualities as a doorstop. 
Telemarketing won't help, infomercials won't help.