Who wrote the book of Wanda?
Murthy Yenamandra
yenamand at cs.umn.edu
Fri Jul 19 09:29:11 CDT 1996
Brian Stonehill writes, among other things:
> (By the way, I'm having growing doubts, upon reading the book, that it was
> written by someone named Tom. The racial epithets for blacks & Jews do not
> come, in my changed view, from the pen that wrote "The Secret Integration.")
I don't know - to me it looked like they were sort of in an ironic
context (it drew flames even in the AVA). Going through the book, there
were times when I was sure it was P. and then there were a few
instances where I was doubtful. In any case, I think it is likely to
remain a mystery (especially if P. really wrote them). To me it was
worth it for the one pic of the man in the navy.
Murthy
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Murthy Yenamandra, Dept of CompSci, U of Minnesota. Email: yenamand at cs.umn.edu
"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the
swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the
wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour
to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all ..."
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