TWILIGHT OF THE IDOL(SMASHER)

[David Casseres]

>...m&d is dominated, scenically, by
>the flat (tho not uncomplicated, just as flat stencil is not without his
>complications) america, populated most notably by mason & dixon, two
>well developed characters whose psyches are spread out for us on that
>vast canvas upon which they draw "their" line.

Yes, I think that's right.  An interesting choice on Pynchon's part, and 
one that I think might have been hard to make.


Cheers,
David