IVIV reception: Huffington Post: "a romantic idealist "

[Doug Millison]

"It's a sentiment that could just as easily come from Inherent Vice,  
and it serves to remind the reader that for all of Pynchon's arcane  
references and postmodern gamesmanship, what he is at the end of the  
day is a writer of heartfelt sincerity who writes about the difficulty  
of being human in the modern world. If I may be so recklessly bold,  
I'd call him a romantic idealist, and say that his work aims to  
inspire readers to seek a more sincere and expansive level of  
interaction with their fellow humans so that the world no longer feels  
as lonely and incoherent. And the fact that he can do all that and  
still make us laugh with low-brow pot and boner jokes and goofy song  
lyrics just proves how vital a writer he is."

…from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-miley/huff-post-review-thomas-p_b_273008.html
Huff Post Review: Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice
Mike Miley Teacher, Film Critic
Posted: August 31, 2009 06:38 PM