McCintic McClintoc

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Dave Monroe wrote:
> 
> I'd noticed that Pinocchio-esque vibe from McClintic Sphere as well,
> though I tend to read that bit in the V-Note (cf. Five Spot, cf. V.) as
> perhaps "sinister" only in the way that such scene might seem to white
> boys ('n' girls) in general, esp. at the time.   But given that is is a
> descent into the underworld of sorts, given the orphic allusions that
> abound in those Pynchonian texts, well ...
> 
> And given that McCS is one of TRPs few African-American characters, and
> given the publication of V. during the efflorescence of the Civil Rights
> movement, well ... am interested in how Terrance will play that out, as
> I think that "keep cool, but care" Not a Bad Piece of Advice at All, is
> all, but ...

And what can we make of the fact that this piece of advice
belongs not only to Sphere but to SHROUD?