Pointsman's Fear

[RICHARD ROMEO]

Murthy wrote:
 Not to say that he doesn't deserve some sympathy for being that way and 
reflecting the
wider society's attitudes along a narrow band of inhumanity.
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I'm guessing that Pynch's knack for making the reader feel some sympathy 
for messed up folk is one of his better attributes.  We understand why 
Weissman and Pointsman do what they do.  Wouldn't you agree this is a 
hard thing for a novelist to pull off?

Richard Romeo
Coordinator of Cooperating Collections
The Foundation Center-NYC
212-807-2417
rromeo at fdncenter.org