[MalignD at aol.com]

<< David Morris, a few back this morning. Should had noted that beside the 
quote. There are cartoons in Pynchon, sure: he's the world's biggest road-runner 
fan, what did you expect? >>

But this is the point, and P's continued use of cartoonishness is one of the 
things that is disappointing about his novels after GR.  Do you really want 
the "greatest writer in the English language" to give you what you expect?  
Isn't that what Elmore Leonard's for?