The Year, As I Saw It

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"Aaaa---mmmrrrrr---iiiiii---kkkkaaaaa?"
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From: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
> not I, but David Paul Kleinman
> 
> "November 26
> 
> Thomas Pynchon releases Against the Day. Did I see you camping out all night 
> in front of Barnes & Noble? Or was that just the wraparound from the PS3 
> line? Louis Menand’s review in the NewYorker almost made me cancel my 
> subscription. Look, Lou, you’ve got some serious literary skills, but you’re 
> no Thomas Pynchon, not even a Jonathan Franzen. Check yourself before you 
> wreck yourself. Any novel with a dog that reads Henry James is awesome. 
> Sadly, when I approached the desk at Barnes & Noble, I was greeted with 
> "Thomas who?" To which I responded, "The most influential writer in 
> America." Which was rejoined with "Aaaa—mmmrrrrr—iiiiii—kkkkaaaaa?" "
> 
> http://www.portfolioweekly.com/Pages/InfoPage.php/iID/2337
> 
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