Pynchon, Glasses and ID

SHUBHA GHOSH sghosh at lec.okcu.edu
Tue Jun 10 10:17:39 CDT 1997


On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, jester wrote:

> You guys are taking soem good guesses, but hate to tell ya, you're off mark.
> Take a closer look at ole' red cap.  Notice his teeth, and then consider the
> fact that he's walking off the curb, making him APPEAR shorter than he
> actually is.  Compare his stature with that of the man in Nthe ancy Jo Sales
> article photo.  The first guy is a good second guess, but that's all...
> 
> Also, I have it on good authority that TRP is none other than Red Cap.

I buy that.  After all Red Cap is more likely to sport a Rodan t-shirt
than the Tall Balding Man with the Tacky Jacket.  So is the latter
perhaps......Salinger?

> 
> JJ "Jester"
> 
> 
> At 05:12 PM 06/09/1997 -0400, Sam Shapiro wrote:
>  And far as the little weird dude with the red baseball cap 
> >ducking behind a parking meter goes----he's the last one I would have 
> >picked.....too short, for one thing, and the face is all wrong....
> 
> 




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