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[Paul Mackin]

The London Review of Books' New York sister publication reviewed AtD  
yesterday, Luc Sante presiding.

Smart review,  acknowledging both the problems and the strengths.






On Dec 22, 2006, at 5:03 AM, paul wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 14:46 +0200, Heikki Raudaskoski wrote:
>> http://www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n01/wood01_.html
>>
>> On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Heikki Raudaskoski wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The review of AtD by Michael Wood for the just-out issue of the  
>>> London
>>> Review of Books is for subscribers only. Any LRB subscribers out  
>>> there...?
>>>
>
> I just pickd up my copy on the way to work and have scanned through  
> it,
> though I haven't had a chance to read it properly.  The extract on the
> website doesn't reflect the tone (or content) of the review at all.
> It is gernerally very positive, though tempered, and insightful.  
> Most of
> all it seems to be based on a careful and sympathetic reading of the
> novel.
>
> Here is what he has to say about other reviews:
>
> "Critics can't bear this lack of story , and have been keen to see in
> Against the Day a steep drop (once gifted writer finally loses his  
> grip)
> or a new adventure (arcane writer seeks a new, broader public), but
> nothing of this kind is happenning. This amazing writer continues  
> to be
> amazing, and in much the same way as he always was.
> 	Much of this book seems to me as compelling as anything Pynchon has
> ever written: ambitious but low-key amiable in its anger"
>
> After the first couple of reviews, and what seems like an untimely  
> rush
> to judgement, I have taken to avoiding them, but it seems like the  
> book
> might finally have gotten the review it deserves.
>
>
> Paul M
>