COL49: lots of lots

[Samuel Moyer]

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Bailey" <johnbonbailey at hotmail.com>



> Reminds me of another issue I have to grapple with when re-reading this
book: it's not until >the last page that the title achieves its real
significance (or insignificance?), but upon re->reading, I usually find
myself trying to re-interpret the book through the filter of knowledge >that
this ending allows. I always struggle to remind myself of how, upon first
putting down >the completed novel, I really felt Oedipa-ised, in that the
revelation of exactly what sort of >'crying', what sort of 'lot' was
referred to in the title only creates more questions, similar to >Ms. Maas'
disorientating anti-quest.


While reading it the first time I assumed the lot referred to Mucho's Car
Sales job... Was waiting to find out that he had worked at Car Lot 49....
the crying and Mucho seeming to go together in a sense....  sam