I’m 100 pages in and it’s easily the best Pynchon I’ve ever read. I’ve always liked Pynchon, but never loved him.

This book has it all. It includes everything I love about Pynchon, the beautiful prose, the zaniness, and the clear but not preachy message.

However, it’s also free of all that I dislike about Pynchon. This time, the characters are genuinely multi dimensional. The character names are fun but not over the top. The structure is postmodern, but not for its own sake.