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I'm writing a Pynchonesque pomo detective novel and I'd
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I'm writing a Pynchonesque pomo detective novel and I'd like to hear what you guys think of the plot

So the main character is a writer, a journalist actually so he does some detective work, and he gets put on a zany burglary case where a conspiracy is revealed when the burglars in a wacky pomo moment reveal right up front they have CIA connections, so the writer starts to investigate and it turns out these CIA thugs work for an organization called Committee To ReElect the President (the joke is this is an acronym for CREEP) who is spying on American citizens and political opponents to try and rig a reelection of a greaseball Republican caricature literally named Dick (lmao)
In the end, to illustrate the absurdity of political beauracracy, the case comes to a close when Dick himself blunders the conspiracy by recording himself talking about it
Of course there are many open ended plot threads, and the lingering question WHY?

What do you think? Too far fetched?
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Thomas Pynchon here, not bad kid.
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don't know man, the theme seems beaten to death
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Writer as protagonist is 18thC level pomo and your acronym doesn't work
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I don't think a good novel has ever been written with the author consciously trying to create something "pomo"
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as a satirical ending, despite all of this evidence those involved walk
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there is also a wacky FBI informant who names himself after a porno "DEEP THROAT" and he communicates with the journalists by secret code communicated via potted plant
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Sounds boring.
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>>8255062
Sounds unimaginative. Almost to the point where I'd think this was a parody of an attempt at this sort of story rather than an actual outline.
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>>8255062
does seriously nobody get this is Watergate?
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>>8256652
I did think Nixon when I saw dick but honestly I zoned out right after the "lmao".
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>>8255155
The idea of writing to the period makes modern fiction shit in a really unique way.
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