What if P. was Ghost-Written?

[Lemuel Underwing]

Do you ghost-write Pynchon already?

On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Lemuel Underwing <luunderwing at gmail.com>wrote:

> Let us suppose in good humor that a new book by Pynchon is published in
> April 2013, it's perhaps a Step Down from I.V., another detective novel,
> set in California, etc.
> Now let us suppose Christmastime brings a Travels of Reverend Cherrycoke,
> an appalling piece of rubbish imitating P. but pleasing in all the
> guiltiest ways, the story, poorly written as it is,
> has some of the same Imaginative spark in which Pynchon's work is so
> deeply immersed.
> How would you feel?
> What would your reactions be?
> Would you Ghost-Write Pynchon, if he were Cool with the Idea?
>
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