Pynchon's affection

[Paul Mackin]

Peter Petto


> Of course I'm thinking a lot about Pynchon and AtD, and was
> wondering...with all of his emphasis on US culture (and the cultures
> that formed us)...does Pynchon love America?


Hard to say.

He doesn't wear his heart on his sleeve the  way  Philip Roth does on  
occasion.

Maybe it's the different way the two of them get treated by book  
reviewers.





> Or perhaps, what is the
> America that Pynchon loves?
>

Lot of pigs