I tried reading the Pale King but alas same sentiments. guess i'm gearing up my energies for the new Sayles door stop (still hoping Pynchon reviews the book) rich On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:07 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote: > I tried to start reading Gaddis's Recognitions but I was not enjoying it at all and life is too short. Good luck.