defrocked monk

[Paul Mackin]

On Sat, 3 Feb 1996, Paul Mackin wrote:

> 
> The sad burning of the Venice opera house, La Fenice, a few
> days ago has a slight Pynchonian angle. Could P. be an opera-
> lover (or more likely a V- (for Venice) lover) in his naming of that
> "long defrocked monk named Fenice?"  That gentleman is the friend of
> Stencil with whom he, Profane and Paola stay when their car breaks 
> down on the mad dash across Italy (headed for Valletta) in the closing
> pages of V. (p. 444). 



I realize it is terrible form to answer your own post, but I 
just read in the New Yorker magazine that La Fenice is the
place Violeta first died. Those Vs keep cropping up. 
OK, sorry foax, I'll stop.

				P.