GRGR(4) kenosha kid

[Meg Larson]

Michael sed:

> I agree.  It may be that the Kenosha Kid is Orson Welles, but I don't
> think it MEANS anything if this is the case.  It could be that during
> the writing of _GR_, there were many things Pynchon did to have fun.
> Some might have been done as an elbow in the ribs to the cognitcenti
> with similar quasi-photographic trashcan memories, some may be private
> jokes.

Me:
This has been one of my contentions re: GR, that Pynchon wrote this book for
himself as much as for his readers.  It seems to me that the text is riddled
with private/inside jokes, that serve to amuse the author foremost.