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Article: THE ADVENTURES OF MASON & DIXON IN THE LAND OF PYNCHON.(COMMENTARY)(Review)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- June 1, 1997
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Byline: JULIE HALE
MASON & DIXON
THOMAS PYNCHON
Henry Holt. 773 pp. $27.95.
Where's a reviewer to begin? After a seven-year silence, the elusive, impenetrable Thomas Pynchon has returned. Mastermind behind some of Postmodernism's most perplexing texts, Pynchon has written another big, complex and beautiful novel. Mason & Dixon, his sixth book, is sure to delight die-hard fans and seduce new readers.
A true pioneer of the narrative, the notoriously reclusive Pynchon helped shape the course of contemporary fiction with a career that began in the 1960s. Books like V., The Crying of Lot 49 and the National Book Award-winning ...