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Title: GREAT ~~~ but readable - no
Review: Brilliant writer, amazing complexity, symbolism galore. Call me crazy, isn't readability supposed to enter in here somewhere. Its just not an enjoyable read. Having read other great 20th century writers like Mahfouz, Kawabata, Marquez, Saramago, Hesse(to name a few), I find this book unreadable and fragmented. I get that Pynchon is brilliant but in my opinion his brilliance is gained at the sacrifice of simple good story telling. Can't there be a marriage of the two? Maybe it captures the essence of 20 th century apathy, but I found myself not caring a lick what happened to any of the characters or the plot. Ultimately causing me to set the book aside.
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