Pointsman's Fear

[Henry M]

Marvy is the only wholly unsympathetic Pynchon character that comes to
my mind. Look what happens to him! A-and he's a Merican, not some
personification of Nazi evil.

> From:          RR.TFCNY at mail.fdncenter.org (RICHARD ROMEO)
> Date:          Thu, 27 Feb 1997 12:02 EST
> To:            pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject:       Re: Pointsman's Fear

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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? 

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