Against The Day Review By Publishers Weekly

[pynchonoid]

Every dog's gonna leave a mark.  Says more about the
dog than anything else.


--- David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/24/06, Sean Carroll <vollinator at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
>
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6384205.html?nid=2286
> 
> Not exactly a glowing review.  It essentially says
> the novel's
> strengths outweigh its weaknesses, but that its
> greatest weaknesses
> are:
> 
> "reads like half a dozen books duking it out "
> 
> "recurring themes threaten to become tics"
> 
> "Pynchon's own aesthetic sometimes works against
> him"
> 
> But that "another never-before-seen phrase, or
> effect" saves the day.
> Essentially saying that the overwroght themes or
> characters are recued
> by the beautiful prose.
> 
> At least that's how this review reads to me.
> 
> And BTW, how could anyone read this whole book in
> what seems like less
> than two weeks?
> 
> David Morris
> 


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