P defends V. ...

Robin Landseadel robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Sun Aug 29 16:28:01 CDT 2010


On Aug 29, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Natália Portinari wrote:

> The language itself is explored very weakly in V.; the witty  
> pynchonian humor and parody aren't even close to the later books.

Thank you, I think you nailed it.

That's why I'm getting no payoff from this, my fourth, reading of "V."

It's not that I'm not trying to give the book a chance. It's that the  
book is not delivering, it's not really reading like a "Pynchon Novel.".


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