IV reviewed in Publishers Weekly

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"Throwaway masterpiece"

Remember that the Bard wrote something called "As You Like It," appealing to 
the masses, as Faulkner did with "Sanctuary." Though they might fit the 
definition of potboiler, they are have literary merit. Faulkner was quite 
clear that he wrote "Sanctuary" to sell books.




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From: "Tore Rye Andersen" <torerye at hotmail.com>
To: <john.carvill at sap.com>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Cc: <fqmorris at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 2:22 AM
Subject: RE: IV reviewed in Publishers Weekly


>
> 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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