hollander for the mass, part 7

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

                     --- here comes a passage i have a real problem with:

 "pynchon's politics drive his aesthetics, his satire, his sense of humor, his 
choice of friends - to some extent, even his choice of wives. (...) melanie 
jackson is a daughter of wall street attorney william e. jackson, and a 
granddaughter of robert houghton jackson, associate justice of the united states 
supreme court (1941-1954)and chief prosecuter for the united states at the 
nuremberg trial of war-criminals (1945-1946); her mother was nancy debney 
roosevelt, granddaughter of theodore roosevelt. on his mother's side, then, 
young jackson pynchon is the great-grandson of a supreme court justice, and the 
great-grandson of a president. wiving goes bei destiny". (pynchon's politics: 
53)

     this is, in my opinion, not only way off but also - respectless towards 
     pynchon. no reason for him to reconsider his media-politics, obviously.

  kfl