Editing Pynchon?

[David Morris]

Categorizing Pynchon as a "picaresque novelist" seems to me an excuse
for unlimited self-indulgence at the expense of a good novel.  It's
possible to be picaresque and produce a disciplined novel.  I know
some people think GR is not tightly disciplined.  I completely
disagree.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Chris
Broderick<elsuperfantastico at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> What is clear about Pynchon is that he is a picaresque novelist, rather than a narrative storyteller, or a plumber of psychological depths.  He's more willing to digress for any number of reasons, serious or frivolous ("for DeMille fur henchmen can't be rowing"?), which is seen by some as anathema in the modern novel.  To expect otherwise means that you are barking up the wrong trouser leg.