The British Thomas Pynchon

Rich richard.romeo at gmail.com
Sun Feb 26 17:13:32 CST 2012


What's missing is that zany goofy slapstick shtick Pynchon mostly balances with the higher art/science riffs. I found McCarthy ponderous and unappealing to read

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On Feb 25, 2012, at 5:29 PM, "Paul Nightingale" <isread at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Of course, none of this makes him the British Pynchon.
> 
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/sep/20/paperback-q-a-tom-mccarthy
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> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
> Of Mark Kohut
> Sent: 25 February 2012 22:11
> To: Dave Monroe; Paul Mackin
> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: The British Thomas Pynchon
> 
> Ms. Melanie Jackson is McCarthy's U.S. agent.....
> 
> 



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