farina/penguin

[Peter Friedman]

At 09:16 AM 9/12/96 +0100, you wrote:
>
>goodmorning 
>
>have you people seen the new Penguin edition of Farina's "been down so 
>long..."? Was the Pynchon introduction there in the first edition as well 
>or is it a new thing that he just wrote? 
>
>Basil
>
As I recall, Pynchon's essay was written for the paperback edition of "Been
Down So Long . . ." published sometime between 1982-84.  I'm certain it
wasn't written for the first edition of the book, which was published in
1966, one week before Mr. Farina's unfortunate death in a motorcycle
accident.  Pynchon's introduction to BDSLILLUTM, by the way, ought to be of
some interest to the first segment of the GRGR in light of GR's dedication.

PBFriedman