IV reviewed in Publishers Weekly

[Tore Rye Andersen]

John:

> I read the 'throwaway masterwork' line as implying that Pynchon is so
> special that even his relatively light (or, if you will, 'throwaway')
> works are genius. Perhaps 'throwaway' was not a very carefully chosen
> word, or maybe it was deliberately provocative? Still I think the
> meaning was positive.

Yeah, I absolutely agree. The reviewer is merely saying that Pynchon can
produce masterworks even when he's writing in a more relaxed vein - chilling 
out after the exhaustive and exhausting AtD.
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