AtD reviews in other media: NPR ATC 12/11/06

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*Alan Chuese
**http://tinyurl.com/yhq4cs*

"For some good /after/-dinner reading: Thomas Pynchon's new 1,000-page 
novel, */Against the Day/*, should last several evenings. Set between 
1893 and the aftermath of World War I, the story features revenge plot 
and dozens of subplots filled with charming characters, such as ardent 
boy sleuths in air balloons and dogs that read Henry James.

/Against the Day/ is so long and dense that it will take even the most 
devoted Pynchon fan a week or two to read, and then more time to reread 
and ponder. Pynchon is a modernist -- so he may not be for everyone on 
your list. But for those folks who want to make that extra effort to 
spend time in an alternative world of humor and wild imagination, he's 
your best bet."


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