In honor of Sam Anderson’s “I never liked you” review of the new Thomas Pynchon novel
I’ve never read a word of any of Robbins’ novels, even though he was the go-to suggestion in my early college years whenever I’d mention that I was a fan of Pynchon’s work.
In later college years, Don DeLillo was the go-to suggestion. Sadly, I have read some books by him. I’m sure David Foster Wallace took the “If you like Pynchon, you’ll like . . .” role later in the ’90s. I have no idea who it is now.
I twice got about 50 pages into “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” … and both times lost interest. No, love of Pynchon has nothing whatsoever to do with Tom Robbins. Maybe Douglas Adams …
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Tom Robbins : Thomas Pynchon :: Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code” : Eco’s “Foucault’s Pendulum.” Further, if you’ve read one Robbins book, you’ve read them all.