Status Updates From Mason & Dixon

I have been trying to get through this godforsaken book for 6 months now. Why an author already infamous for being borderline unreadable decided to write his book in 18th century English no one knows. Pynchon is the first author I have ever come across that makes me feel genuinely mentally impaired. No one mixes genres like he does though (why is there a talking dog in my historical fiction?) so I will finish it!