INHERENT VICE (Exploring the cover)

[Mark Kohut]

Q: if you -we--most readers--found the cover insulting, is that part of its point?...

Like 'offending' the Pulitzer Board, in a pale, pale echo?


--- On Mon, 12/1/08, Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: INHERENT VICE (Exploring the cover)
> To: navan.ghee at gmail.com, fqmorris at gmail.com
> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org, robinlandseadel at comcast.net
> Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 10:04 AM
> Point taken about the original Vineland cover.
>  
> But I never said I thought Pynchon would find it insulting,
> I was just talking about how it seemed to me. I don't
> presume to second guess what Pynchon might think of such
> matters.
>  
> Dunno if you're being 'cranky', but you are
> being a touch rude. I'm not 'picking apart'
> anything, in fact I cautioned against prejudging this book
> by its cover. 
>  
> And I for one don't think he's been off his game at
> all. ATD was a classic, M&D also.
>  
>  
> 
> 
> 
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:25:46 -0500From:
> navan.ghee at gmail.comTo: fqmorris at gmail.comSubject: Re:
> INHERENT VICE (Exploring the cover)CC:
> johncarvill at hotmail.com; pynchon-l at waste.org;
> robinlandseadel at comcast.netPynchon's had final say on
> the covers of his books for some time now, so I doubt he
> finds it particularly insulting at all.  Recall, also, that
> the first cover of 'Vineland' was a repurposed photo
> by Darius Kinsey.  Same basic deal.And pardon me for
> sounding cranky, but it's a bit premature to start
> picking apart I.V. on the basis of its cover.  Whether you
> think P's been off his game for the last two-odd books
> or not doesn't signify.  Noise is eating signal, here.--
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