trevanian (was Re: Wanda Tinasky)

[RICHARD_WILSON at udlp.com]

David Casseres <casseres at apple.com> writes:
> I recall distinctly that Trevanian wrote like a brilliant 13-year-old; it's 
> hard for me to imagine Pynchon doing that, even on purpose.

surely you jest...

the "teen-prodigy" has been of pynchon's more important /masks/filters/voices 
since V-1... z.b., try imagining 'raketemensch's comic-book-type adventures & 
silly songs (what tune do you think the 'djinn song' goes to - "home on the 
range"?, well, sort of anyways) in V-2... a-and there's a purpose to it (hey, if
nothing else it helps keep young people interested in his books)...

--rwilson

"perhaps my brains have turned to sand" -- eno
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