Pynchon backs McEwan in 'copying' row

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

Meanwhile, off in their respective corners, Jay Ward, Phil Austin and Matt Groening
were denying any and all attachement to the so called "Real World". "Let 'em
figure it out themselves", Mr Peabody muttered in distracted tones., while 
looking up from his tattered copy of "Le Temps retrouvè".

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From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>

Pynchon's support of McEwan joined that of literary
heavyweights such as Zadie Smith, Margaret Atwood,
Thomas Keneally and Kazuo Ishiguro. . . .

http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1965130,00.html