Pynchonesque Rushdie

[David Morris]

I completely agree with Rushdie re. Foucault's Pendulum.  The beeks
was so overrated, promoted by people who thought Eco's "smartness"
meant that he's produced a work of high caliber.  Not so.  It was dull
and lifeless, as Rushdie points out.

David Morris

On 10/9/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> You won't beleive me but 'Foucault's Pendulum' was actually fun to me. If even 'painful' sometimes. Eco has a peculiar sense of humour that might have been lost on Rushdie altogether. As for 'gobbledygook', well, Rushdie is full of it, all those India-specific words you need a glossary to understand purposefully encumbered one upon another in his novels. Finding out their meanings have been painful to me, and that was not as rewarding as finding out Eco's allusions. And to demote such a serious book as 'Foucault's Pendulum' to the rank of 'a computer game', that's puerile to me. Rushdie, re-read the bloody book!!!