Really? I think that Mason & Dixon or The Crying of Lot 49 are by far his weakest books - the former is fun but structurally kind of shaky and the latter is, as even Pynchon mentioned, kind of masturbatory and a stop-gap between V and Gravity's Rainbow.
Speaking Gravity's Rainbow, there were times when I was rereading Against the Day when I thought it was just as good. I'm convinced that if I read it a few more times I'll like it even more.
Strange, after Gravity's Rainbow, I think Mason & Dixon is his finest book. For me, Agaist the Day seemed bloated and (I never thought I'd say this about a book by Pynchon) the language seemed a bit pedestrian in places. I'll revisit it though and maybe I'll have a different impression second time around.
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Speaking Gravity's Rainbow, there were times when I was rereading Against the Day when I thought it was just as good. I'm convinced that if I read it a few more times I'll like it even more.
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