Book review: Bleeding Edge

[John Bailey]

Yeah, to kick off with "all the author’s familiar trademarks are here"
suggests she's not a deep reader of P. And to describe the
characterisation here as "especially poor" is utter BS.

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:16 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Michiko has an axe or two to grind with TRP.  Development of character
> beyond the cartoon is a big one. I agree that such cartoons aren't enough
> for novel-love.  The weight of the bigger context, it's solemnity, might
> demand cartoon levity.  But her dig about the default sophomoric tone hit
> one of my nerves, or three.
>
>
> On Wednesday, September 11, 2013, wrote:
>>
>> I tend to loathe Michiko, but "unequivocally a masterpiece" seems
>> unlikely, however true her carpings prove.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>To: jerkyleboeuf
>> <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>; Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>; Dave
>> Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>; pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Wed, Sep 11, 2013 8:11 pm
>>  Subject: Re: Book review: Bleeding Edge
>>
>> Someone forgot to tell that to Michiko.
>>
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/books/bleeding-edge-a-9-11-novel-by-thomas-pynchon.html
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, September 11, 2013, jerkyleboeuf wrote:
>>>
>>> One line to take from the review: "Unequivocally a masterpiece"
>>> >>
>>> >> On Sep 10, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/book-review-bleeding-edge-by-thomas-pynchon-1-3080841
>>>
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