Desperately seeking Pynchon

[Paul Mackin]

On Dec 3, 2006, at 6:31 AM, Carvill John wrote:

> Blah.....balh.....blah..........
>
> Rupert Murdoch's worthless rag gives ATD to Appleyard to review, a  
> man who's read no Pynchon at all, and seems not to have even  
> finished ATD. For fuck sake.
>
> And how about this:
>
> "...though he is known to live in Manhattan, he remains invisible  
> to, and unheard by, his readers."
>
> What about the Simpsons appeareances? Was that not his voice?
>
> Yet another crushing example of the dangers of reading anything in  
> the mainstream media when you already know (or, god forbid, care)  
> something about the subject at hand.
>
> What a prick.

Perhaps, I've never met the gentleman. But despite the fact that this  
admitted Pynchon tyro doesn't really review the new book, he does  
display quite a good knowledge of the whole Pynchon scene. I liked  
the essay. Thought it was perceptive and fair. Better that most of  
the actual reviews, even the  favorable ones.

P.


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>> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2101-2477772,00.html
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