Pynchon, Playboy, and Kipen, D

[Carvill John]

Foax

Maybe (probably) you already saw it, but so far this is the only review I've been unable to resist reading, prior to sampling the new book itself. A quick , elegant, and succinct summary by the always reliable David Kipen, late of this parish:

http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59420-423-4


What struck me (most) strongly was this:

"Of course, the year 2001 means something besides HAL and Dave now, and Pynchon spirits us through "that terrible morning" in September--and its "infantilizing" aftermath--with unhysterical grace."

And what that made me think about was that long-lost Playboy 'interview', and whether we'll now have a better chance (without the obfuscating yet not entirely impenetrable pastiche facade of ATD) to assess how well the explicitly expressed sentiments in Pynchon's work gel with the purported statements supposedly made in that long-forgotten, much-disputed Playboy article. Intriguing, n'est pas?


Cheers
J

 		 	   		  
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