Read Pynchon before you die

Lawrence Bryan lebryan at speakeasy.org
Wed Jun 20 16:10:27 CDT 2007


On Jun 20, 2007, at 5:04 AM, Tore Rye Andersen wrote:


-->Yeah, I was also positively surprised when I looked through  
Boxall's book, but then I picked up a copy of the book lying next to  
it, 501 Must-Read Books, and my brief elation was replaced with the  
usual frustration: Not a single one of Pynchon's novels merited  
inclusion in this book (as
-->opposed to, say, DeLillo's Underworld and Franzen's The  
Corrections - both fine books, but COME ON!)

Probably there were ranked 502 to 506.

(What is the emoticon for rolling one's eyes?)

Lawrence






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