Another reason why TR Pynchon will never win.

[Mark Kohut]

And it is NOT because the Prize may be skipped but it is because his key
deep themes of power & domination
*can't be felt--until too late--by the Academy of Great Readers. So to
speak. (And I don't believe for five seconds that they will not choose a
winner*
*this year. Yeah, two next year to remind everyone of why none this year,
lol. We'll see.  I think it is just scare publicity to raise the interest.
Like when famous actors will be in their last movie, and it ain't and like
that) *

*There have been stories all over about the harassment crimes/scandals and
if you haven't run across one, google is your friend. *
*Yeah, "at its functions". *


2018 Nobel Literature Prize May Be Skipped

The crisis at the Swedish Academy has become so serious that the head of
the panel that awards the literature prize--the most prestigious book award
in the world--has said the prize may not be awarded this year
<https://www.thebookseller.com/news/sex-scandal-jeopardises-2018-nobel-prize-literature-776416>,
the *Bookseller* reported.

At the core of the crisis are accusations of assault by 18 women "against
French photographer Jean-Claude Arnault, who is married to an Academy
member, Katarina Frostenson. Arnault has denied the allegations. The
photographer is also accused of being part of a breach of the Academy's
secrecy rules by leaking the names of past Nobel prize-winners in advance,
which again he has denied."

In addition, the Swedish Academy last week released a statement confirming
that "unacceptable behavior in the form of unwanted intimacy" had taken
place at its functions and that the literature prize's reputation had
"suffered greatly" from publicity surrounding recent events.

The Academy meets on Thursday, May 3, to decide whether or not to award a
prize this October. If it doesn't award a prize in 2018, it would award two
prizes for literature in 2019.