Did this get said here? Is this known?

Becky Lindroos bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net
Fri Dec 2 17:16:37 CST 2016


I am going to have to look into this one -  John Henry Days - sounds excellent but I didn’t read the whole review because I’m allergic to spoilers.   Thanks!

Becky 

> On Dec 2, 2016, at 1:50 PM, Toby Levy <tobyglevy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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Becky
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