IV reviewed in Publishers Weekly

[Tore Rye Andersen]

David Morris:
 
> In other words, everything Pynchon writes HAS to be a masterwork (even when it isn't). 
 
That's not what the reviewer (or even we) are saying here. But the reviewer IS calling
IV a masterwork, is merely what we're pointing out, and the "throwaway" part is not 
meant as a critique.
 
> 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.
 
And I would tend to agree with you. GR is undoubtedly possessed of "genius" (whatever 
that means), and I would argue that Lot 49 is too. The latter could even be characterized
as a "throwaway masterwork" IMO: something casually tossed off by Pynchon as he was working 
on his magnum opus, but tossed off by an author who was writing at the height of his powers. 
 
 

 
 
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