current and I think complete V-list

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Chandler's dreadful.  He's embarrassing.  If you want to read a book in 
that vein read The Maltese Falcon.  Hammett writes circles around 
Chandler.



-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>
To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sat, May 15, 2010 9:21 am
Subject: current and I think complete V-list


OK This is a list of contenders for SHOWDOWN ON THE P-LIST 2010. Yes 
,Yes Yes, Bigger than the blowout in Baghdad, More powerful than a 
speeding loco weed hit, Hotter... etc. So Everyone gets 3 votes listed 
in order of preference, As in One, Two, Five. 
" Er, That's Three sir." 
 Right, Three.  If you happen to be more than one person, I trust you 
will divide your literary tastes accordingly. 
 
V 
 
Against the Day- 
 
Raymond Chandler : Farewell My Lovely 
 
Bulgakov: The Master and  Margarita 
 
Ishmael Reed, Mumbo Jumbo 
 
Wurlitzer: Nog 
 
Bolano: 2666 
 
Henry Adams: The Education of Henry Adams 
 
Joyce: Ulysses 
 
Heller: Catch 22 
 
Ellison: Invisible Man 
 
Ned Beauman: "Boxer, Beetle" 
 
Charles Portis: Masters of Atlantis 
Charles Portis: Gringos 
 
Calvino: Invisible Cities 
 
Chesterton: The Man Who was Thursday 
 
Norbert Weiner : Cybernetics 
 
Bellow: The Adventures of Augie March 
 
Nathanael West: Miss Lonelyhearts