trevanian (was Re: Wanda Tinasky)

[Derek Barker]

At 05:20 PM 1/19/99 -0600, you wrote:
>     
>
>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
>
>

yeah but not a whole book like that, give me a break.

D.B.