Richard Morgan interview

[Monte Davis]

DeLillo delivers for me on a lot of counts, but his humor is both sparser
and bleaker. And Pynchon's humor, even (or especially) at its goofiest, is
really important and central to his value to me, not ornament or comic
relief or distraction.

I'm glad to see you praise Jose Saramago, whom I think pulls off miracles
(even though I'm reading in translation). He's definitely the most Tristram
Shandean novelist alive -- and Pynchon has set that bar pretty high.