pynchon book siting on 60 minutes

[D.]

At 02:04 PM 11/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Did anyone see "60 minutes" last night? In a piece about RP (a
>disease that causes blindness) they interviewed a NY writer suffering
>from the disease. They showed his bookcase which prominently displayed
>"Mason and Dixon." Also, on the cover of his book (titled "Smack Jack" I
>think) I believe I saw "intro by Thomas Pynchon." Poor guy can't read
>TRP or his own books.
>
>-- David


Yes, I did see this one.  The writer's name is Jim Knipfel and his book TRP
did a blurb for was Slackjaw.  I saw M&D *and* Weisenberger's Companion to
GR on the table during the piece.


D.