>John - How far along are you, exactly? I will say that for me the book didn't really pick up until the last 10 or 11 chapters. Just finished Chapter 20. Joi de Beaver etc. Dull -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/attachments/20131006/a1638c51/attachment.html>