Inherent Vice review: Harvard Crimson

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Does anyone here know when he was writing IV? Was it during the time he 
worked on AtD (and before), or did he write the whole thing *after* AtD? 
Whatever the answer, the "lack of stamina" comment is fatuous at best.

If this has been discussed, please excuse the repeat.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Carvill" <johncarvill at gmail.com>
To: "Charles Albert" <cfalbert at gmail.com>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: Inherent Vice review: Harvard Crimson


> "In ways both formal and thematic, “Inherent Vice” is a Pynchon
> nostalgia trip, one more journey to the author’s literary roots. It’s
> interesting to watch a man of such genius walk back over familiar
> ground, this time with the beneficial wisdom but the consequential
> loss of stamina that come when a great writer ages."
>
> Lack of stamina? Has this little Radcliffe tootsie heard of 'Against the 
> Day'?
>
>


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