Absences in VL

[Scott Badger]

Peter P:

>(Dave Morris and Sebastian Dangerfield agreed that Vietnam is so absent in
>the pages of VL)...
>
>I know a lot of people think that. But I felt Vietnam strongly throughout,
>and I'd argue that the viewers did too, because so many mentioned its
>absence. I think that the Vietnam/movement experience many of us had is so
>highly charged, that the few direct references, and the key presence of
>Blood and Vato is enough.
>

But Pynchon does the same in GR and M&D.  Part of his "technique", you might
even say.  Any thoughts about these absences as a literary device?

Scott Badger