Did this get said here? Is this known?

[Toby Levy]

I've only read John Henry days and loved it.  I have a copy of Whitehead's
first
novel but I haven't read it yet. Here's an interview with Whitehead around
the time of the first novel (2001) in which he mentions Pynchon a couple of
times:

http://bombmagazine.org/article/2419/colson-whitehead

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> Good book,  fun, but Whitehead is no Thomas Pynchon.   Yes, I see the
> influence AFTER you mentioned it.   lol -
>
> Becky
>
>
> > On Dec 2, 2016, at 12:28 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Under the general Pynchon category of Good Writers Know
> > How Good He is and Are Influenced in Real But
> > Sometimes Obliquely Hidden Ways:
> >
> > Colson Whitehead is a Pynchon
> > fan and just knowing the plot 'facts' of
> > The Underground Railroad can lead you
> > to see how he might have been influenced.
>
> Becky
> https://beckylindroos.wordpress.com
>
>
>
>
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