Pynchons Problem

[Dave Monroe]

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 6:52 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> here it is, my problem with Pynchon in essence from a description of a NYRB
> review of Houellbec's new novel
>
> "Postwar novelists—Updike, Mailer—were male triumphalists. Their
> successors—Franzen, Shteyngart—have overcorrected. They want women to like
> them. Their men are losers."
> that's what's happened to Pynchon, too

... this remids me of how a friend refers to Regarding Henry (1991)
--> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102768/ as Castrating Henry ..