Review in The Humanist

[Lawrence Bryan]

By Howard Schneider...

Doesn't ring any bell with me. Anyone? I couldn't find it online.  
Here are the "high" points of the review. I couldn't find it on line  
but I doubt that's much of a concern to anyone here.

Lawrence

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"... better than Vineland, which is a debacle, but not as good as  
Gravity's Rainbow. The latter isn't great, but its technophobia ...  
strikes a nerve, and its scenes of gaudy carnage hold one's attention."

"I particularly dreaded the periodic appearances of the Chums of  
Chance, daredevil aeronauts whose winsomeness made me wish that a few  
of the lads would be impaled by a speeding V-2."

"... it now seems clear that Pynchon lacks complex-character  
expertise. It isn't easy being Bellow or Cheever."

"... most vivid individual is a choleric Mexican parrot..."

"I have a hunch that Pynchon's zealous fans don't read many novels,  
so they're not bothered by his flaws."

"Against the Day does renew a readers appreciation for E. L.  
Doctorow's Ragtime which covers - and subverts - much the same  
historical ground as Pynchon's novel, but is polished, cunning,  
entertaining, and of a mercifully prudent length."