an opinion on TRP and HJ

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I am not convinced that OBA is so very weak on character. He is no Dickens 
or Steinbeck, but he is not incapable. Having said that, I agree that he 
could do better. Is the discussion about more-or-less? A scale on which OBA 
is not the heaviest weight?

Whatever one's postion vis a vis character, Rich is right about richness of 
prose and scope of vision.

Thanks for the tip on the new Coover book.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
To: "Robin Landseadel" <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: an opinion on TRP and HJ


> as are many passages in AtD and M&D--I think we can agree that this is
> Pynchon's strength, his weakness for character is overshadowed by the
> richness of his prose and scope of vision, something that I think is
> not in books like Vineland and I suspect IV
>
> More is not less in Pynchon, more is better--my preference so I do
> hope for one more big book though I doubt it
>
> p.s. on PBS here in the US, on IV launch day, the Frost-Nixon
> interview is being shown.  Nice coincidence
>
> pps  Coover's new book Noir will be published in April (like The
> Kindly Ones, originally published in French)
> Rich



>


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