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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!

	Skip



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