ATD review in PMC

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

Otto 
> Great essay!

yes!

> 
> only family DNA, but the transformation of Webb's anarchistic spirit
> through generations of decline to Frenesi's role as a government
> snitch. In the larger story of America that Pynchon's oeuvre presents,
>

or, if you are a little more optimistic and perhaps a bit
of a right-libertarian and a moralist, it details how the
vast wine press of time and history squeezes out the 
contradictions implicit in violent anarchism and
how authentic human interaction takes place in a
more genuine and lasting continuum than any political
philosophy will ever be able to animate

>
> When I have finished the novel I (hopefully) will be able to return
> to the discussion.
>

good, 'cause (speaking ex officio as host) we miss you!