There's an old saw, beloved of high school US history teachers that goes: before the Civil War, correct usage was “The United States of America are”. After the Civil War, it became “The United States of America is. There's a bunch of butt-patting and high fiving after this little grammatical revelat...
I did not like this as much as I expected. It's well written, almost too cleverly funny in parts, and set in 1970--a time I fondly remember--but the characters were cartoon-like and I couldn't get myself to care about what happened.
Ah, man, go see Ceridwen's delirious praise or Eddie's more muted but still celebratory accounting.I quite enjoyed this, as it reminded me of the way I finally found my path into Pynchonia (via Vineland)--goofy and allusive and elusive and knockabout slapstick and culturally-rich political riffs and...
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