Poor Old Mike K (Finnegan Begins Again!)

[fuhrel at ccmail.ccsn.nevada.edu]

          I think Andrew Dunn misses the point.  But this is really
          addressed to Alec McHoul and John Krafft.  I went home and
          got my old paperback of Farina; I suppose that many people
          on the list have the same edition, but for those who have
          never seen it.  It has a cover illustration by Chereskin,
          featuring a photo of a black and white naked blonde lady
          with her hair tied back in a black headband, holding in the
          palm of her hand a drawing of a young man with a backpack,
          very Kerouacian.  Three other colored drawings surround the
          lady, one of a couple hugging and kissing, another couple
          talking, he with his arm around her, and another of three
          figures, one with a stand-up bass.  The back cover includes
          a Pynchon blurb:  "Hilarious, chilling, sexy, profound,
          maniacal, beautiful and outrageous...all at the same time."
          The book is the first Dell printin, June, 1967.  It's a
          beaut for sure.   Bob Fuhrel