Crownshaw's PN article

muchasmasgracias at cs.com muchasmasgracias at cs.com
Wed Aug 9 18:15:17 CDT 2000


"jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> >mmg:
> >
> >> monroe:
> >>
> >> > I don't see Pynchon, or anyone here, for that matter, as in any way
> >> exploiting,
> >> > much less making light of, the Holocaust.
> >>
> >> Pynchon's character --  "Oily Micro" -- is definitely making a tidy profit
> >> from it on p. 296. He seems to be doing both the things mentioned.
> >
> >
> > Sarcasm?  Where are you going here?
> 
> No, reiteration. I was examining the scene in the novel which the cited
> excerpt from Crownshaw's article addresses (295-296).

Yeah, but I think what Monroe meant by "Pynchon or anyone here" was anyone on the list, not one of the characters in the book.



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