Soldiers in Lot49, was Kermode in Reykjavik

Thu Dec 28 13:43:01 CST 1995

On Thu, 21 Dec 1995 Heikki Raudaskoski writes:

> One could thrash out the relation of this to Pynchon's two longest
> novels, esp. _GR_, for which I don't have time now, but one thing is 
> sure: there are no such mind-darkening American soldiers/marines
> in _Lot 49_.

Yet the president of Yoyodyne is none other than Clayton ('Bloody') 
Chiclitz "himself" (57) (the one from GR, 558)  ...in Pynchon's universe, 
it is ALL connected, and we go !AHA! loudly when we read what 
Yoyodyne's gate looks like, hmmm? The Lot49 world seems the logical 
(USA) counterpart to the European theatre of GR.

hg
hag at iafrica.com