Thomas Pynchon Returns to New York, Where He's Always Been

[rich]

not to be picky but train from the city to Glen Cove on LI takes alot less
time than 90 minutes.


On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis at verizon.net> wrote:

> Fair enough; at least it’s a data point, albeit a 54-year-old one. My
> objection is that Trotter doesn’t qualify or caution (or, seemingly, think)
> for even an instant before the jump from “things said about NYC in the
> books of TRP, an author remarkable for taking on scores of voices and
> stances within a few pages,” to “OK, now we’ve established that TRP the man
> hates NYC, let’s ask…”  ****
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> *From:* Ben Canard [mailto:bencanard2000 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:45 AM
> *To:* Monte Davis; Pynchon List
> *Subject:* Re: Thomas Pynchon Returns to New York, Where He's Always Been*
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> Well maybe but there's a letter from circa 58-59 when P pretty much
> trashes NYC, calling it phony, to put it in the simplest term. I guess, one
> might say, he was in college, writing back to college friends while
> visiting the city, and might have been posturing to entertain or he may
> have changed his mind. Who knows? He seems to recall happy memories in for
> Hadju. ****
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