adam’s Reviews > Against the Day > Status Update

“Kid, if I may so address you, I’m afraid all the time.”

“All of a sudden, there were highbinders popping in and out of doorways and manholes faster than you could say chop suey. Sinister young tong soldiers wearing chain-mail under their Western suits appeared to run dodging and blasting away with their .44s, the smoke soon bringing a picturesque imprecision to the scene.”

After all the colorful characters & pale skies, I fall into the long Western section once again stunned at how Pynchon can achieve more than any writer before