A novel is not meant to be a police report. It's entertainment. It's a work of art. The point of art and entertainment is to provoke emotions and pleasurable

A novel is not meant to be a police report. It's entertainment. It's a work of art. The point of art and entertainment is to provoke emotions and pleasurable sensations in the viewer's brain. In this way Pynchon creates a dreamy vivid world that's a plaything for the mind. Each sentence is an art object in a narrative museum.