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Great Expectations
A profane commentary on the hoopla surrounding the summer's biggest book, Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon.
(Page 5 of 14)
read. Honest.)
Indeed, far from confirming
Pynchon's "mesmerizing genius"
as a writer, the hype
surrounding the publication of
this "long-awaited instant
classic" about America's most
famous surveyors suggests
Pynchon's marketing genius
(indeed, the strategically
invisible author and purported
Lotion fan helped plan the
packaging and promotion of Mason
& Dixon, right down to
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