15 ATDs on the loose in London

[Otto]

I like the image:

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/features/2005/07/images/061120pynchon.jpg

2006/11/20, Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com>:
> 'Return of Pynchon, the literary hermit'
>
> Includes this English perspective on the non-availibility of ATD:
>
> "So Pynchon's publishers, eager to hang on to a strongly-selling,
> prestigious author, have tightly controlled the release of review copies.
> Just 15 are on the loose in London. So far, the tight security has
> succeeded: not one review copy has appeared on the black market. However,
> one or two US publications have incited the author's fury by breaking the
> strict embargo with early reviews."
>
> Also, baffingly, this:
>
> "Looking for literary figures to discuss the Pynchon phenomenon on The First
> Post, the most common response on both sides of the Atlantic was: 'Sorry,
> I've never read a word he's written.'"
>
> http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=1116
>