GRGR(4) kenosha kid

[Paul Mackin]

On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Meg Larson wrote:
> 
> 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.

Or, another way of putting it might be he's writing for the ideal reader
namely one who has knowledge of as many out of the way and obscure texts
as he has, not excluding unpublished diaries. (himself that is as Meg sez)

						P