Recurring characters

[James W. Horton]

On Thu, 4 May 1995 LOT64 at aol.com wrote:

> I'm interested in the recurring characters in Pynchon's work.  Its always fun
> to find them in another book, like coming across long lost friends.  Of
> course there's Pig Bodine, bringing chaos where ever he goes and challenging
> the forces of control, Kurt Mondaugen, Bloody Chiclitz, am I missing any?
>  Lt. Weissmann of course.  Any others?  Any spec on their place in the grand
> design of things?  Do any recurchars show up in Vineland?  Comments, ideas?
> 
>                      Ron Churgin

If I'm not mistaken, there are no characters who show up in all four 
novels.  Bloody Chiclitz has the most enduring track record, showing up 
in every novel except Vineland.  I don't think any other character 
appears in more than two books.
					jwh