Action, Jackson!

[Ghetta Life]

V is also my 2nd favorite.  GR 1st.  Both are at times beautiful and 
serious.  But GR's writing is more mature.  At times V feels amatuerish in 
comparison.

Ghetta

>From: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>
>Mondaugen's Story  is a masterpiece in its own right. I still can't believe 
>that a guy in his 20s pulled it off.
>
>>From: Steven <mcquaryq at comcast.net>
>>
>>	Me three.  V is the most clearly bi-furcated of his works, the two 
>>strands, seemingly separate, braiding together gradually into the one  
>>thing.  I miss the more sonorous tone he struck in that first book's  
>>Stencillian chps.  It's still present in GR, but the clownish,  satirical 
>>side of him has dominated his work since.
>>
>>	Steve
>>
>>
>>On Aug 14, 2006, at 5:02 PM, jd wrote:
>>
>>>I, too, am of the opinion that V is second only to GR in the Pynchon 
>>>books, for what it's worth...

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