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Skip Wolfe
zootster at juno.com
Mon Nov 18 23:30:59 CST 1996
>. . . or is it? Note in the _New York_ article that Jackson is the
>name
>of TRP's son. As usual, his instincts for naming are right on.
>
>
>In addition, I've been informed (maybe also in the article) that the
>son is named for P.s wife and her grandfather Associate Justice of the
>Supreme Court Jackson who was also chief prosecutor for the US at the
>war crimes trials after "guess what war?" (my informant's phase)
Hmm. An obvious possibility I overlooked in my enthusiasm. But that
makes it even better -- a name with multiple levels of meaning -- truly
Pynchonian!
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