Reviews

[David Morris]

The New Yorker review seems the most coherent yet.  It suggests a
point, intention, of AtD, but also suggests that the number of threads
and characters is overload for the reader , and maybe for Pynchon
also.

David Morris

On 11/20/06, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> me, too--
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> maybe we can answer better the question after I've read it.
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> Menand reviewed the book in the New Yorker so he won't do the NYRB review I
> think.  I would guess John Leonard.
>
> rich
>
>  On 11/20/06, malignd at aol.com <malignd at aol.com> wrote:
> > I haven't bought the book yet, but I like reading reviews, don't worry
> > about spoliers.
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> > However the negative reviews ask the reasonable question, or seem to
> > have had the similar response of, what's the point of it all?  How do
> > its many strewn parts connect and create a coherent novel (concluding
> > that they don't)?  A fair question, I should think.  Whereas none of
> > the positive reviews are able to construct a point, or suggest one;
> > rather, there are a lot of comments along the lines of "Pynchon fans
> > wlil love it."
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