“Exemplary… dazzling and ludicrous... Our reward for surrendering expectations that a novel should gather in clarity, rather than disperse into molecules, isn’t anomie but delight.”——Jonathan Lethem,紐約時報書評
“Pynchon makes a much-anticipated return, and it’s trademark stuff: a blend of existential angst, goofy humor, and broad-sweeping bad vibes…Pynchon has long managed to blend his particularly bleak view of latter-day humankind with a tolerant ability to find true humor in our foibles.”——科克斯評論,星級書評
“But amid the sharp hilarity of this exuberantly maze-like, pop-culture-peppered, deeply informed tale, Pynchon incisively and cuttingly broaches unanswered questions surrounding the tragedy of 9/11 and elucidates just how profoundly life has changed in its wake.”——書單,星級書評
“What matters is the creation of a time, a place, and authentic, deeply connected characters, all heightened by Pynchon’s darkly hilarious way with language and located on the ‘bleeding edge’ as the world changed.”——圖書館期刊