I've been reading Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day with a sense of indifference, but I'll grudgingly concede that it isn't that bad, but, to be fair, I'm not terribly impressed, either. I'm just over a hundred pages into a 1,000-plus page tome, so it's probably too early to pass judgment, but the novel has a certain charm, and Pynchon has an easy-going, irreverent style that flows quite nicely. Despite its size, Against the Day is more accessible than either Gravity's Rainbow or Mason & Dixon (neither of which I finished, for different reasons), but I don't think it's going to convert me to the Cult of Pynchon.
January 30, 2008
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I've been in and out of bookshops and picking this book up and putting it down again for what seems like an eternity. I want to try Pynchon again but I'm always held back by the fear that I'll get a couple of hundred pages in and give up in despair.
If you finish this book - write about it. I need inspiration to pick it up.
Posted by: Stephen | January 31, 2008 at 03:47 PM
Hmm. Looking forward to what you think of it when you finish. Then I might venture to buy a copy.
Posted by: Andi | January 31, 2008 at 09:48 PM
Oh, Pynchon. I've always felt like I should read him but never had the strength. Maybe this is the year I pick up this book...
Posted by: Nonanon | February 01, 2008 at 10:43 PM
He did write a short one, you know. It's pretty good.
Posted by: Amateur Reader | February 14, 2008 at 01:36 PM