Reading Against the Day (I´m at page 299 now) is like nothing else; I have this constant feeling of exuberation every time I sit down and open the book - absolutely ready for WHATEVER may come. The use of language; the structure of the text; the way Pynchon navigates the telling of his story through his mastery of conveying a thought process that is both formidable, and quite astonishing. Reading this book is like being granted access to participate in solving a giant mystery, where I have to be clearheaded and focused enough so as to not loose the thread. Is the reading experience demanding? Well - yes, in a way: but as long as you understand that you have to be actively engaged in the text for it to open up, you will feel your brain start to "reconfigure" itself- and adapt to a book that is like no other. From earlier I´ve read Crying of lot 49, Vineland and Inherent Vice, and I loved them all. But THIS book is just mindblowing. Greetings from 43 year old Norwegian man, on a rainy day in Bergen 🙂

a 6.5-hour video from Leaf by Leaf is a little too good to be true...a Christmas miracle 😊 thank you

You don’t give yourself enough credit. You are thoroughly well read and the kindness you bring to reviews puts others to shame. Love this extended cut. Want more of this.

Every time Leaf by Leaf drops a multi-hour video, my life is extended by 15 years. Because that is the exact amount of time it would take me to finish the books he talks about.

This is my favorite book ever and I'm glad to see more people talking about it. It's a work of art that completely changed my view not only on art itself but has been a huge part of an ongoing process of spiritual realization that nothing in this world is exactly what it seems. Thank you for covering this novel in such a thoughtful way, it deserves so much more of this type of in depth insight than it's gotten.

WOW, what an amazing job! it's crazy how Pynchon is one of the few authors you can watch a six-hour video on and still want to read it, without the experience being ruined. Thank you!

Thanks so much for doing this. I'm going Pynchon's catalogue at the moment. Such a pleasure. About 450 pages into AtD. Love it.

This one is extremely entertaining, long, dense and wise. And so is 'Against the day'!

“I’m not that well read,” you say, as you have behind you two overflowing (I see those sideways books) wall-to-wall bookshelves of wonderful books. You’re a modest man, Chris.

WOW! THANKS CHRIS! I've been waiting for this since you mentioned it in the comments a while back. I am particularly grateful for your presentation of the "Corrupted Pilgrim's Guide," that price got in my way. I did get a professor to get one for his school library, but I still have never seen it. I read AtD when it first came out, lugging that heavy hardback around for weeks. People would ask "what's it about?" and I'd get hopelessly tongue-tied and entangled in my effort to "single up all lines" eventually offering only a bemused and amused "I don't know! I couldn't tell you. It's wonderful!" When I was done I knew it was something great and magnificent and that I had missed a lot because, well, Pynchon(italics). The reviewers were no help. I knew I would need a team of scholars with big high intensity flashlights to illuminate the many zones darkened by my ignorance. Like the math. Anyway, since you didn't mention it I will site a passage that I found very amusing back in those Bush days of '06 and '07 for the benefit of comment readers. Webb Traverse's torturers took him to a place called Jeshimon in Utah as I recall, a red hellish place of cruelty and death ruled by "the Governor." And here a vivid image of W Bush is conjured: "What impressed a first time viewer was not any natural charisma, for he had none, but rather a keen sense of something wrong in his appearance, something pre-human in the face, the sloping forehead and the clean-shaven upper lip, which for any reason, or none, would start back into a simian grin which was suppressed immediately, producing a kind of dangerous smirk that often lingered for hours, and which, when combined with his glistening stare, was enough to unnerve the boldest of desperadoes. Though he believed that the power that God had allowed to find its way to him required a confident swagger, his gait was neither earned nor, despite years of practice, authentic, having progressed in fact little beyond an apelike trudge." I would have liked to have heard your thoughts on the very end. On how the Inconvenience became its own destination etc and the idea of "good unsought and uncompensated" which no one aboard the airship had seen any sign of anywhere. They feel ""it is there, like an approaching rainstorm, but invisible." Thanks again, I loved it and I'll be coming back again and again I'm sure. I was just about to start my second reading. I've had it lying out, looking at it, and now after your good, unsought video I think I'm ready to "put on smoked goggles" and, once more with feeling, fly toward grace . . .

A few days after I start reading _Infinite Jest_ LxL drops a seven-hour video on _Against the Day._ What a Christmas present! Thank you, Chris.

My favourite book reviewer doing a six hour review of my favourite book. This is the best Christmas present ever!

Much like with reading Pynchon, I didn't expect the singing but I'm glad it's there. Merry Christmas!

Holy mother, a six hour video about my favorite author by my favorite book YT guy?! Yes please! It's a Christmas miracle!!!

Wow - thank you - such a treat to have you give us this on ATD. I am currently re-reading this now... I started in Durban three days ago... read more in Addis Ababa, and am now in Cambridge... Such a rocking read... I love to laugh out loud in public while my nose is deep down into a book, knowing that people pass by looking at me, thinking (and maybe knowing) I am a madman. Against the Day is my favourite book of all time. Imagine Don Quixote reading Pynchon. lol

I think it’s fair to say we’re in the middle of a Pynchon renaissance. I’m seeing more and more people read and talk about Gravity’s Rainbow than ever before on the internet era, Paul Thomas Anderson is very likely adapting Vineland as his next movie, and the mad man might have one final novel left in him. I really really hope they soon release a hardcover edition of GR as well.

This is beautiful work. Your excellent analysis and research is just what this incredible book deserves. As a Pynchon fan who adores Against the Day (probably my favourite novel of all time), I am grateful to you for this effort. Thanks

This is tremendous,such a wonderful gift to readers and culture at large

Just wow, thanks for your engagement. Your work makes reading books even more fun.

You are mad. Thank you for this- as someone who returned to your GR video MANY times- I can already tell this will be an invaluable resource.. what a champ.

I wasn't expecting this so early, almost did a spit take. And a 6 HOUR video is almost a course 😅 Every Pynchon lover and would be lovers owe you a massive debt. P.S: I had lost my previous version during house shifting and hearing your plans had ordered a brand new one just 10 days back😅

7 hour review, what a mad man. Perfect time to watch over the holidays. Thanks for all the work, merry christmas

Oh God! 6 hours on my favorite Pynchon novel. Bless you sir!!!

Great! Will enjoy this over Xmas. Definitely the best book of Pynchon I've read so far (V, Vineland, Against the Day) and probably one of the best books I've ever read. One of my favourite things about the novel is the Lovecraftian aura of Light. Something that is not necessarily as enlightening and liberating as one would think. One of my takeaways at least.

O my. Xmas dreams do come true! I feel like I've unlocked the secret AtD episode: "The Chums of Chance do Xmas!"' I've been hoping (if not straight out begging) for this analysis for at least a year. Thank you thank you Chris! Hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday!

The best on KZfaq. Thank you for your work. Videos like these make me love being a literature nerd.

You always deliver the highest quality videos

I just finished AtD a month or two ago (huge Pynchon fan) and I’m super hyped to work my way through this video 🤘🏻

Hi Chris, first of all thank you for this video: it gave me the push to read this book (that I finished just last week), moreover it is very valuable as it provides many thoughts, interpretations, ideas to try to grasp the greatness of this piece of art. I really appreciated the presentation of the scholars' essays - I do think that academic reviews are more valuable that reviews from magazines or newspapers (too quick, aimed at mass marketing and often superficial). I enjoyed every bit of this masterpiece and I had myself some thoughts that I'd like to share with you and other Pynchon "fans": - I think the discussion about phosgene effects and the calculation of "weight deployed per unit length of line of soldiers" is a reference to the book "The Flamethrowers" by Roberto Arlt. The same detailed calculation of the effect of the same gas appears in it and I don't think it is a coincidence - I believe Pynchon should be very familiar with Arlt's work, don't you think? Also, let me give a little "Italian perspective" on this book, as I was very flattered that Pynchon dedicated so much space to Italian characters and cities: he demonstrates a profound knowledge of Italian history and culture. - Rocco and Pino (yet two characters like real and imaginary numbers) beside echoing Nicola and Bart (the Sacco and Vanzetti anarchist couple wrongly executed) use a slow submarine called Squalaccio (i.e. "Bad Shark"). Historically, this system was effectively used by the Italian Army from 1918 (called "Leech") with quite success. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffaele_Rossetti#Biography But for us Italians, this method is linked to the infamous "Tenth MAS" a specialized Marine group that in WW II became famous for his staunch fighting together with Nazis and, still nowadays, is deeply linked with Fascism (extreme-right Nazi-sh Italians very often collect and cherish X Mas memorabilia). Their version of the slow submarine was known as "Maiale" (e.g. Pig). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_torpedo en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decima_Flottiglia_MAS. Hence, for any Italian with a little culture it is striking to see two Italian anarchists using a submarine historically linked to Fascists (a wonderful, yet painful, thought about an alternative historical reality) - the same eerie and painful echoes resound with the character Renzo that Reef meets in Turin: aviation was another stronghold of Italian Army and Renzo and its love for "uniform with eagles" remind Italo Balbo, very famous aviator and eventually very prominent figure of the Fascism in Italy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo_Balbo It goes withouth saying that the description of Torino is perfect, with exact references to actual and important places in this city (that was the industrial heart of Italy at the times) and even drinks (Nebbiolo wine and Punt-e-Mes Vermouth). - and what to say about Venice? not only the scene of the destruction of San Marco Bell Tower is magnificient, but it is so fitting that the sexual "initiation" of Cyprien Latewood occurs there at a Carnival party. Venice is very famous for Carnival, but with a somewhat strange, decadent flair and it is culturally linked to licentiousness and free sexuality (from Giacomo Casanova to "Death in Venice" by Thomas Mann) It is also so exciting to have a character with my name (Luca Zombini) - a travelling magician with a large family (that "steals" a wife to Merle Rideout): could he be my imaginary part? I could go on for hours: it is really so nice to see that the greatest writer alive knows so much about my country!

My favourite Pynchon after 49 and GR, 6,5h of fun, thank you

Another amazing video. We're lucky to have you, Chris.

This is quite the treat for the close of the year! I have not read "T-Pynch" yet but definitely will now. I saw earlier vids you have on him but I feel like I will be watching this one at least twice...and get a copy of Against the Day (to start) anon. Thank you once again for the most erudite and thoughtful treatment of authors (and criticism) on the tube. 📚🕯

wow chris, finished against the day this year.it was a dificult ride.... 6 hours video, what a present. best channel!

My favorite novel, thanks!!!

I can't wait to dive into this video! My weekend is set!

I'm in the second semester of your course, Dr. Via, and have thought myself ought of my tendency to marvel at your generosity, for it occurs to me that you are very much like the talented, unrewarded, unpublished writer who is creating a vast, complex masterpiece beyond concern with reward. Surely friends will read and praise passages as your followers will, but there is nothing close to guarantee of conventional success. Will anyone ever know that you are among the very best critics of our time? Will you be appropriately lauded? Should you be? I am preparing to review a book and I can't stop thinking how nice it would be if I could give it a fraction of the Via treatment. I'm writing a novel. Will it be good enough to earn Via's time. Nefarious side-effects...and you are simply having your fun. By the way, let me know when you discover the mean bone hidden in your abatomy (probably something virtually superfluous in one of your hands).

It's a holiday miracle! Time to make a hot beverage and savour this. I have read this novel for the first time in October. Ever since you mentioned doing something with AtD in your Q&A video, I have been waiting with so much excitement. Now it's here! Thank you. 🙏🏽

“There are two things that I treasure, and crave, as a reader: imagination and great writing-or beautiful possibilities.”🤙 “Anything Can Happen: Interviews with Contemporary American Novelist” by Larry McCaffery and Tom LeClair🙏

Just found your channel. Thank you,brilliant work I have subscribed of course and will look at all your videos. Very intelligent and erudite.

Thank you for this Christmas gift.

This work has changed my view of everything. I wish everyone a successful life and keep fighting against the day!

On the subject of Tom Pynchon, I was really surprised Penguin or other publishers DIDNOT even celebrate the 50th anniversary of GRAVITY’S RAINBOW!!! 🌈 Heard that Tom gave a copy of graph papered of GRAVITY’S RAINBOW 🌈, surely whoever has It I hope would get someone to reprint that copy. It would be a real treat & the acknowledgment of 50th anniversary of GRAVITY’S RAINBOW 🌈! Rockets 🚀 Away & Zoom !!!

Wow. I loved this. I am rereading Mason & Dixon and Against the Day in 2024. Thank you!

Ooo. I'll have to check it out! Thanks leaf!

Can't wait to watch the full six hours and forty-five minutes of this!

Have a wonderful Christmas Leaf&Family 🎄 ✨ ⛄️

You got me with that first 1 minute.

I doubt you will recall-it was long ago now, probably when you did that amazing video on Gravity’s Rainbow-but I wrote a comment in which I poked at you to do one on this great, undervalued masterpiece (perhaps my favorite Pynchon novel). It took me days to get through the hours here, but they were immensely gratifying and perceptive (and encyclopedic, and amusingly “crossworded”-a meta-Pynchonian conceit/gag I loved). What you do is-speaking as a literary academic-invaluable. And your willingness to deal with a work like AtD (or Genji!) in this medium, your encouragement of any wayfarer who might stumble into your video to feel the electricity (the “rustle”) of language, are a bulwark against the encroaching “darkness visible” of a TikTok-addled world. You do my heart (and mind) good, sir. I am at once deeply impressed by whAt you managed to cover and by the overwhelming richness of Pynchon. Think of what you couldn’t include in your own read-through, despite its great, even supererogatory, length: that stunning, pitch-perfect Lovecraftian set-piece in which a city (New York?) is seemingly obliterated; the theosophical and alchemical business involving Madame Blavatsky, and Lew Basmight more generally; the Chums plot’s double engagement with Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth and, I suspect, Halldór Laxness’s Under the Glacier (as that masterpiece is miscalled in English) and the subterranean wars there; the destruction of the Venetian campanile; the rival Russian balloonists; the narratives of Erlys and the Zombinis; the astonishing dream vision of Frank Traverse; one could go on and on. I mean, one could probably write a dissertation chapter on the appearances of gutta-percha in this thing. Isn’t Pynchon amazing? Such a vastness of invention-in some manifestations of imagination he is without peer. What you were able to do, and are almost invariably able to do, was give the viewer a sense of Pynchon’s voice(s): his generic flexibility, his ear for dialogue, his vatic, almost McCarthyan capacity to write of unspeakable foreboding and desolation with what Yeats might call “terrible beauty,” his proclivity for that “fatal Cleopatra” of punning (which he shares with Shakespeare, to Dr. Johnson’s onetime chagrin) and zany humor, and of course, his astonishing breadth of mathematical, technical, musical, and historical erudition. From the mundane “Telluride! to hell you ride!” to the supra/perimundane “they fly toward grace,” that unforgettable last line-you summoned the spirit of this leviathanic novel. There is so much more for readers to discover, but if your treatment doesn’t inspire anyone who watches to seek it out, it’s hard to imagine what will. And you put paid to those early reviewers, too; one is reminded of Swift’s famous remark about how we know a genius (always surrounded, in a phrase that gave us the title of a great little novel, “a confederacy of dunces”-though here I think you’re right that the book involves far more time and inhabation than reviewer gets; surely Wood and Kakutani are far from being “dunces,” after all, and your circumspection and fairness to the early critics are entirely laudable). In passing, I want to thank you for inspiring me to read two novels I might not otherwise have read, had I not seen your videos: Miss MacIntosh, My Darling and Solenoid. You gave me two more worlds I will carry with me always, and, Fates willing, revisit. This year I will get to Énard, too. Excited! And also, being an inveterate recommender (I also nudged you to deal with Tokarczuk, and what a terrific video that was!), I thought I might put in a plug for the scandalously underrated John Crowley-I suspect you would love his “Ægypt Cycle,” a tetralogy comprised of The Solitudes, Love and Sleep, Dæmonomania, and Endless Things. Might be especially rewarding alongside Anrhony Grafton’s magisterial new study, Magus (on Renaissance alchemy and magic). Also of interest to enquiring minds (unless I have somehow missed videos on any of these: the aforementioned Laxness; Jelinek; Perec; Borowski; Bernhard; Drndič; Hodrova; Agota Kristof; Nádas; Alexis Wright, Leon Forrest, Cela, Fernando del Paso, Lobo Antunes, Mulisch… I could go on, but you know too well how the reading life goes. Take these recommendations as the compliments they are: these are all authors or works about whom I, like would, quite selfishly, love to hear your take). Anyway, love the channel, appreciate what you do more than you can know, etc. Keep fighting the good fight; books matter, culture matters, and in darkening times we need them to reassert themselves more widely. Milton famously wrote that "a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.” We need as many people seeking those treasures again-and not the bellicose drivel on X or what have you. P.S. Is that a copy of Antagony I spy lying supine on the top shelf but one behind you, just to the left of your Dalkey Archive editions of Gaddis? I blame any and all typos on autocorrect , my sausage thumbs, and my senescent eyes. Cheers, and heartfelt thanks for this video!

This is f*cking incredible.

Remember when T-Pynch dropped that diss track directed towards literary reviewers? "Haters gonna hate hate hate".

love the intro, first time seeing it!

Against the day, in particular is extremely reminiscent of Shakespeare more so, than any other pension novel. In particular it echoes a Midsummers night dream.

An amazing analysis that goes way beyond the typical permitted zones. All I’m going to say is firstly to thank you for providing such an informative jumping off point to an attempt at this book. And secondly Chris for those early orienting comments about why we read, for that sense of enchantment and that my friend brings it all within the fundamental pursuit of meaning. You mention the word “play” at least twice in the first half. That insight should hit everyone in the forehead : we readers are seeking a playful, enchanted sense of meaning whether we are conscious of it or not. Thus it’s not so much about the reading elite mastering hard books, but about readers enjoying the playful enchantment of the Pynchonian world. Thanks Chris for the effort required to produce this.

Thanks so much Chris I am friends with Professor Coffman whose essay you highlighted and passed on your praise to him. Hopefully I can read it in its entirety without forking over big bucks for the entire book. Coffman is also a Vollmann scholar among other things so I think you’d have much to talk about. The fact that critics had two weeks in most cases to review Pynchon reminded me of Silverblatt’s Brodkey interview just after The Runaway Soul was published. The novel was panned and both men agreed that it was because of that same reason as was the case with Pynchon. Now for my second read of Against the Day. Thanks for the impetus to do so

Longer than your video on Gravity's Rainbow! Longer than your video on War And Peace! Even longer than Fanny And Alexander! You're dangerously reaching Sátántangó's levels here! Happy Holidays and Viva Pynchon! ☃

1:08:45 and the joke of the year award goes to: Chris Via for: I'm not that well read and I'm not that brilliant of a thinker. 😂

Wow!! what a great Christmas holiday surprise - I read “Against The Day” 2023 - Absolutely Loved It - Then I read Stella Maris loved that also. I was surprised how the two books kind off fitted well together - I know what you are talking about in regards to humanities and science, having a background in both - PS Thank you for your deep dives :-)

A *little bit* long? Haha, love it!

Hi chris! More than 6 hours to review against the day? It'll be awesome!this is the end of the year bang! happy December 23rd too.  

WOOOW!! 2:19:59 I find it unlikely that they are the same person because of the way their minds are structured, they tend towards profoundly different things, but even so the parallels seem to be many between the two works. It would be interesting to read the two novels at the same time, or well, all three novels.

Hang on boys and girls! It is going to be a long long night. (Sorry for the cheesiness but couldn’t help). Bravo!

I watched the first part. I want to read the book first before taking in the rest. I have a copy here that I picked up at a library sale a while back. Now I need to find the time to read it.

Best wishes with your being for 2024.

As for the crossword novels, if you also enjoy such things, you should definitely check out Landscape Painted with Tea by Milorad Pavic - a beautiful book

Man, I literally just started this novel a couple weeks ago and I'm already feeling myself getting a little lost, which makes me worried about the GR situation I went through. Chums of Chance help me out!

I was into Thomas Pynchon's "Entropy". He's great writer.

amazing video chris!! you only get better and better. I have to ask though, I was just visiting my brother in Asheville NC and found a book of poetry by Reynolds Price. I absolutely fell in love but found that he didn’t get much popularity at all. Have you read him? I have a feeling you may enjoy him!

In your definition of *a crossword novel*, I came to think about Nabokovs Pale Fire, as it seems to also be a crossword - or House Of Leaves etc. I think such books lack the encyclopedic aspect of your definition? Anyhow, interested in what you think about this. Merry Christmas & Happy Hollidays, Chris!

1:19:21 In the case of Kakutani and many other critics who, as you said, work under deadlines, I wonder if the fact that she has a better view of Mason & Dixon can be attributed to the fact that time has passed and she had more time to properly assess it. Many works of art take time to appreciate, particularly very long and complex books that don't reveal themselves within only one or even two or three readings. I'd be interested to see what she said of M&D if she wrote a critic when it came out.

Does anyone know what bookshelves he uses? Are they ikea billy? Or what? Would appreciate any insight 🙏🏼

T. Pinch! My musical tastes can run from Cannibal Corpse to Coltrane and all in between.

23:10 more relation to the “globe theatre” Shakespeare scene

I guess that a video that is 6hrs 45 mins long and is showing as had '193 views' after an hour proves you only need to dip in slightly to get a view on KZfaq! 😂 But yeah, will absorb this epic review when i'm on my festive break next week. Looks amazing!

At 2:14:32 you ask, in regard to William Logan's comment, "Is it true that using landscape to fill the canvas to the frame is the mark of a bad painter?" Well, it's what that slouch Leonardo did with the Mona Lisa, isn't it? Just imagine what a great portrait that might have been if Leonardo hadn't cluttered up the background with all that water and shrubbery and what-not. The guy was a total putz. Three or four days later: I finally finished the video, can't wait to read the book. Right now I'm reading The Sot-Weed Factor; I thought it might be appropriate to follow that up with Mason & Dixon. P.S. I'm having trouble with 8 and 10 across. My answer for 8 across is three letters too short and my answer for 10 across was never shown on your shelves. By the way, I see your books are overflowing onto the floor. I'm sure all your followers have had/are having/will always have the same experience. Merry Christmas!

When I first saw this video with the run time I figured it was the audiobook

For one who hasn’t read Pynchon yet (but everything of foster Wallace) which novel should I go for?

Man, I’m only a few minutes in, but I feel like me and this video are gonna be friends. AtD has a pretty good claim on being my favourite book, but I don’t know anyone else who has read it and, y’know, there’s a lot to discuss there. Amped to watch this.

chris, all the best for 2024!! I have a request, could you please more talk/answer about it, how do you get your daughter into reading? your wrote about devise free time. How do you organize it? every day? or a day in a week ? and do you mention this as reading time? I`,m realy disapointed. I´m a passionate reader and I want so badly that my son learn about the importance of books. He is 8 years old. but he is only interested in internet games etc. I went to a beautiful bookshop with him, but all he was interested in, were the books of his favourite youtuber Paluden. I`m realy disapointed and sad and wondering what I can do about this. I always read to him a lot. but reading alone? no way...

When I finished Gravity's Rainbow, I felt like I'd finally gotten out of an abusive relationship. I thought, and still think, Pynchon is obviously ridiculously brilliant but devoid of empathy, basically a sociopath, in his writing at least, and I decided I'd never read him again. This video of yours is making me reconsider.

This sounds like my perfect Pynchon experience. Gravities Rainbow escaped me a bit, Inherent Vice tickled me, now this sounds like a perfect middle ground! I wish DFW got to read it, seems like it would rustle his jimmies.

If an Against the Day video is over 6 hours long, then the video on Women and Men is looking to be 12 hours.

Potential spoilers.... anyone have thoughts on the ending in regards to Kits story and Overlunch. Is it supposed to be vague and left up to interpretation something to do with bilocation, multiple dimensions, his passing through the gate and coming within sight of shambhala. Or did I miss something in regards to this final scene . Any thoughts are very appreciated

You should listen to the disintegrating loops by William basinski it about the remember 911

Do Barth's Letters next

If Tom Pynchon rilly texted you will know his call sign ? SEZ WHA’ Or Don’t 86 , is all! Or He will say “ A Screaming comes across the sky….” Against the Day! Oboy, Oboy 😂 😂 It’s Me, O’Tom! Ja..Ja…

T- Pynch. I'm dying ahahahhahhhaahha

I’m starting to feel like my next video should be 6.5 hours in length.

Michiko Kakutani as I recall was one of the obtuse reviewers.

Chris, I totally believed you about Pynchon contacting you! You're a great deceiver!

Death by Mayonnaise!

Does the video has major spoilers?

Liked it the first time I read it. Tried to re-read it recently. When I found myself comparing the western scenes in this with something like Blood Meridian, none of what appeared on the page seemed at all convincing. Disappointing considering the masterpiece of Mason and Dixon which seemed 'lived in' and authentic.

OMG

It’s NY TIMES or nothing! lol Question…Dwight Shrute delivery…. Would it take me; A) longer B) shorter C) the same D) none of the above E) all of the above… To read the book or watch your review?

I think it’s a humanistic novel deliberately disrupted by… Pynchon. He has to know his own effect by now, I hope. Very bitter, in that nobody ends up happy by the end. The first 200 pages promise so much, only to be disrupted. Hard to explain

Hilarious to hear so many uptight reviewers make fools of themselves trying to deal with Pynchon. This video does a much better job.

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Is this reality or am I dreaming?

AtD is underrated but not on this channel obviously