By James Poniewozik Forget the Web posting.
Pynchon hunters find it frighteningly easy to track and catch their prey.
I saw a recent photo of Thomas Pynchon the other day and was shaken by the experience. Thomas Pynchon will be considered one of the most important figures in the 20th century, if not for his writing, then for his four-decade eluding of the media. The only man who hid as well was Howard Hughes during his decline, but he was a billionaire. For 20 years I've been intrigued by Thomas Pynchon and his intentionally unintentional mystique. I even met and ended up having lunch a half-dozen times with Pynchon's editor, Ray Roberts.