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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’d say his treatment of the mob is
pretty much stereo-typing and satire, particularly in </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Vineland</span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 color=teal face="ClassGarmnd BT"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"ClassGarmnd BT";color:teal'>Richard (sicilian)</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> owner-pynchon-l@waste.org
[mailto:owner-pynchon-l@waste.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>jolly<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, October 31, 2004
4:20 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pynchon-l@waste.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Pynchon's treatment
of organized crime</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Though the WASTE aesthetes may find this a bit
trite or close to noir or social realism or whatever other lit. category they
have recently mothballed, a discussion of TP's representation
of organized crime and "mafia" related themes could be an
interesting perspective on his work. Vineland (though keeping in mind that
Vineland is considered one of TP's
"smaller" novels) has many scenes which seem to suggest
that Pynchon's California is rife with not only police state control freaks
such as Vond and Bopp (TP almost seems to predict the coming of King Ahh-nuld),
but mafiosi, of the predictable Sicilian/Italian type, as at the Italian
wedding scene. Though it would be a bit of a stretch to label TP as
Chandler-esque, there are some who have noted noir elements in TP's
depiction of Cali, especially the rather sordid scenes of LA (and
Hollywood types such as"Sid") in both COL4! 9 and Vineland.</span></font></p>
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