GUARDIAN PIECE ON 'VINELAND'

[alice wellintown]

>
> That is a matter of opinion. Of course, the fact that sometimes there really
> aren't any protagonists in Pynchon's novels is very much the point.

Really? Why would a novelist lat 20th century American novelist set
out to write a work that makes such a point? It's nothing new; it has
been done a million times over. And, his works, with one exception,
have traditional protagonists.

Here they are:

V. Stencil (one could argue that Benny is co-protagonist, though P
writes quest narratives and Stencil's quest carries the themes and
plot). V herself is not the protagonist.

Lott49 Oedipa
GR Slothrop
VL Prairie
M&D Dixon & Mason
 AGTD ?
IV Larry