V.V. (16) Esther and Slab

[Doug Millison]

It's interesting to see how precisely somebody can identify Pynchon's voice
in among those of his many narrators, when it suits the purposes of a
current argument. We all read the Pynchon we want to read, that's a
certainty.

"jbor"
 Pynchon, by way of a
detached narrative statement, uses the word "phony" -- twice -- just in case
the reader might be uncertain as to his general opinion about such
hypocrisy.