Two other mentions of V.

[Mr Craig Clark]

I realise that this relates to a thread under discussion a few weeks ago, but I've
only just subscribed to this list, and I've been reading the archives 
eagerly...

In talking about recurring characters, there's a few references to the titular
protagonist of _V._  that no-one seemed to mention:
* in "Low-Lands", the gypsy dwarf Nerissa refers to "the old woman with the
   eye patch who is called Violetta."
* in _The Crying of Lot 49_, Oedipa suggests to herself that she "...might 
   replace whatever of her had gone away with some prosthetic device" -
    which is exactly what V. has done. 

Craig
Craig Clark

"Living inside the system is like driving across
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on suicide."
   - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"