M&D Spoiler - Pgs 45 & 69

andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk
Fri May 9 11:14:00 CDT 1997


LOT64 at aol.com writes:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> By the way, this one parobably slipped by me, what does V.O.C. stand for?

Don't know, don't have the relevant apparatus at hand to look it up
but I have been puzzling away at it. Clearly this is the Company to
which Bonk, Vroom et al belong. I wondered if it could be something
like Vrije Oranje Companie - i.e. Free Orange Company - along the
lines of the Orange Free State.


Andrew Dinn
-----------
And though Earthliness forget you,
To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
To the rushing water speak:  I am.



More information about the Pynchon-l mailing list