OT - William Gaddis - 'JR'

[thelils]

James,
what? you're confused by the confusion?
---it seems to be so on both counts, i.e. confuse the reader, as well as
allude to the confusion of the business world via the unattributed dialogue.
---Gaddis displayed this craft of overlapping dialogue in his first book,
"The Recognitions," and, I guess, decided to nourish the skeleton of JR's
plot on logorrhea rather than "convention." I applaud your undertaking of
JR---I gave up after 100 pages.
---also, being new to the list, i'm wondering how JR dovetails into GR?
viz., what incited this comparison?

stew
----- Original Message -----
From: Mason, James <james.mason at eds.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 10:16 AM
Subject: OT - William Gaddis - 'JR'


> Sorry for the off-topic post, but someone was mentioning JR quite a bit
> after the GRGR.
>
> I just started this book, and my question is this -- was it Gaddis' intent
> to cause confusion in the reader by not specifically detailing who is
> speaking or when scenes change? Is this confusion intended to mirror the
> confusion in the business world?
>
> Make any sense?
>
> Thanks,
> james mason
>