ATD: ad: Pynchon excerpt from new novel

[Paul Mackin]

On Aug 8, 2006, at 11:15 AM, robinlandseadel at comcast.net wrote:

> When I lived in Berkeley, lots of TRP novels landed on the shelves  
> of Moe's and Shakespeare & Co. There were copies to be found at  
> Black Oak and Pegasus as well. But in Fresno (where I now live),  
> Pynchon has no traction. I suppose that our author is of some  
> importance in college towns but he's hardly on the radar down in  
> Springfield.


Speaking of Shakespeare & Co,  one can't help imagining the  
establishment's original turning up in the "early post-war Paris"  
segment of Against the Day.

Or, is the story  of the publication of Ulysses (1922) perhaps not  
exotic enough for p-readers?


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> From: "John Carvill" <JCarvill at algsoftware.com>
>>> I'm curious, bookstore person.  What have Pynchon's book-sales  
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>> I'm guessing not too spectacular? But one thing I notice is that
>> Pynchon's books show up a *lot* less than average in second hand
>> bookshops. I suppose people who buy Pynchon books don't often sell
>> them.....
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