“Not impressed with the crying of lot 49--Pynchon may be a
master of satire & puns, but his settings and characterizations lack
something. People talk and you have no idea who they are or where
they came from. There will be a conversation in progress for pages
and then you discover that they're on a yacht with a bunch of
anarchists who have stolen the boat from the rightful owner, some
gangland mafioso dude....whatever. I have to know WHERE people are
and WHO people...”

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