Ayo’s Reviews > The Crying of Lot 49 > Status Update

I like how Pynchon takes time to explain the art(film, music, TV)that his characters engage with. It feels unnecessary by conventional standards and is something most writers would cut.It comes across as meandering but also creates a childlike sense of wonder,as if the reader is Alice in Wonderland, wandering rather than being led.

Also I like how time warps and doesn’t matter. The narration is driven by events.