Hitchens on Pynchon

[Carvill, John]

Indeed. Can we even take Hitchens at his word when he claims to have received a call from Pynchon?

Hitchens is one of those British lefties who underwent a kind of breakdown after 9/11, coming over all hawkish and supporting the invasion of Iraq. And he still has no shame. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Tracy
Subject: Re: Hitchens on Pynchon

Up front I regard Hitchens as one of the most obnoxious, publicity  
seeking hatchet men of our time though I admit I liked his hatchet  
job on Kissinger. But that was the old Hitchens;
these days Hitchens' politics would line up nicely with Kissinger or  
most of the western war criminals. Anyway it is kind of comical for  
this publicity hound to call Pynchon's reclusiveness suspect.  What  
is the suspicion?

Smart of Pynchon to refuse a meet up with this guy, while Hitchens  
demonstrates why it wouldn't have been a good idea. He never tells us  
why Pynchon called.