Recurring characters

[Bonnie Surfus (ENG)]

On Fri, 5 May 1995, James W. Horton wrote:

> 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
> 
I rilly do believe that Pig Bodine is in just about everything.

Bonnie Lenore Surfus
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