eGad: Pynchon excerpt from new novel

[MalignD at aol.com]

<< But unless all of ATD is in the style of the excerpt, which reads like a 
pastiche of a parody of Pynchon doing a western skit, then I still find it a 
pretty curious choice as the first passage to show the world. >>

Another thought:  Penguin's a Brit outfit, right?  Perhaps they thought this 
lame bit of business a really rip-roaring take-off on American speech 
("Perfect!  Bloody perfect!") and went with it because they thought it a clear winner.