IV reviewed in Publishers Weekly

[David Morris]

In other words, everything Pynchon writes HAS to be a masterwork (even when
it isn't).  I don't even think all of his LARGER tomes are masterworks or
"genius."  There are no flat-out dogs, but only a minority qualify as
"genius.

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:22 AM, Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> 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.
>

> 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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