a look at the James Wood AtD review - part 2 (couple spoilers)

[rich]

read James Wood's Book of God if u want to read tired writing ;)

I think AtD is far from formulaic, a much maturer work in many ways and very
refreshing.

Pynchon's style is very much frowned upon in today's microscopic pinhead
narcissism. thank god for that
Rich


On 7/9/07, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ATD seems just plain tired compared to GR.  GR is  much more
> experimental (and thus that much less accessible).  And much more
> intensely felt, because, I think TRP was passionately exploring the
> limits of the new form of fiction he was then pioneering. When Woods
> complains about the sameness of descriptions I understand what he
> means.  I'm sorry to say that ATD feels almost Pynchon-formulaic at
> times.
>
> I
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