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The evidence is the quoted prose, which is in the style of Pynchon. If the rest of the book maintains that perspective and entertains me in the manner I expect
by thyrsus 11y ago
The evidence is the quoted prose, which is in the style of Pynchon. If the rest of the book maintains that perspective and entertains me in the manner I expect from Pynchon (as apparently it did the reviewer), then I'll be happy to have read the book regardless of who the "real" author is.
I read little fiction but I read whatever Pynchon produces, because, since high school, I've always enjoyed his work. That is what the name "Pynchon" means to me: a certain manner of story telling which illuminates the distant (or recent) past through idiosyncratic distortions and personalities. Unless the reviewer has a sharply different experience of Pynchon's style than mine, I will be happy reading this book.