wondering why on Earth you should care

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Mon Oct 28 18:16:14 CDT 2013


This might have been posted already.  I found it when trying to remember
who Vip Epperdew was.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/13/bleeding-edge-thomas-pynchon-review

Nevertheless, over the course of this long and poorly structured novel,
most readers will find themselves suffering from Pynchon fatigue. Symptoms
include: irritation at contorted pop-cultural gestures ("All, as Ace
Ventura sez, and even sings, righty then"); repetitive strain injury from
excessive Googling (What does alexithymic mean? Sillage? Padonki? Krav
maga? Mara Salvatrucha?); trying to remember who the hell Vip Epperdew or
Professor Lavoof or Lloyd Thrubwell is; and wondering why on Earth you
should care.
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