Chapter 45: The Duck Strikes Beak

[jbor]

Five only?

The transformation of 'Under the Rose' into Chapter 3 of _V_.
'The Courier's Tragedy'.
'The Secret Integration'.
_GR_ 92-113.
(+ something from _M&D_)

best



John wrote:

> It's 3am Sat in these parts, late enough for prematurely aged me, and I've
> put on my late night spectacles for the occasion, so I'm taking the
> challenge...
> 
> Some Moments.
> A man on a train who reveals to a young child the electronic switch embedded
> in his arm.
> A dupe sits in a field in the spot marked X, with a missile being asked to
> strike it.
> V. in Love.
> A Counterforce of teenage girls taking on the Mall Security Patrol.
> Oedipa meets a sailor.
> 
> It's interesting though, Terrance, that you bring up Benny, as most people,
> as far as I can tell, really don't give V. (the book) much credence. For my
> money (such as it is) V. is at least as complex and rewarding as anything
> that comes after, and Benny's scenes have a sort of minute attention to tone
> which isn't found again until M&D, and maybe less successfully there. Maybe
> not.
> 
> 
>> From: Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
>> To: "pynchon-l at waste.org" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Subject: Re: Chapter 45: The Duck Strikes Beak
>> Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 11:46:00 -0500
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> John Bailey wrote:
>>> I'd be interested in learning what sections of Pynchon novels people
>>> consider their own favourites. I'll try to think up a list of my own.
>> 
>> 
>> For me, nothing beats Benny on the train with the kids and Fina.
>