csmonitor review
Otto
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Tue Jan 16 04:37:30 CST 2007
All in one 'Day': anarchist bombers, literate dogs, and time travel
Thomas Pynchon's latest novel is an exhausting display of the
imagination run amok.
(...)
This is not to say that longtime fans won't love the novel. It is
nothing if not Pynchonian. But if you value narrative coherence and
deeply thought-out characters, you're out of luck. Admittedly, there
are some highly entertaining stretches. But just when a reader is
settling in to enjoy one, someone will nearly drown in a sea of
mayonnaise. Sadly, I'm not being metaphorical.
(...)
By Yvonne Zipp,
from the January 16, 2007 edition:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0116/p13s01-bogn.html
Isn't Cristian and Science some kind of a contradiction in itself?
So don't expect a very positivive review.
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