New Thomas Pynchon a Terry Malloy?

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Posted on October 12, 2006 
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According to Marianne Wiggins, one of the fiction judges for this year’s National Book Awards, “As for Pynchon, it was patently obvious it wasn’t a contender.’”

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4 Responses to “New Thomas Pynchon a Terry Malloy?”

  1. James on October 12th, 2006 8:44 am

    Wrong link, I think.

  2. Roddy Reta on October 12th, 2006 11:24 am

    Well, Mason & Dixon wasn’t nominated for a NBA either, and I thought that novel was quite tremendous. So we’ll see.

  3. Alec Michod on October 12th, 2006 3:15 pm

    Marianne Wiggins is Salman Rushdie’s ex-wife (bad divorce), and Rushdie and Pynchon are friends. So…

  4. Burns on October 12th, 2006 4:35 pm

    “Patently obvious”? Ms. Wiggins is tautologically redundant.

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