MDDM Ch. 72 Dixon and the slave driver

[Doug Millison]

Pynchon's Dixon starts out with a desire to whip the man and then realizes
he can't do it, simple as that.
 Many an intended assault  starts thusly then fizzles.  Our own Mr T's
angry, violent "I'm going to kick your ass" (paraphrasing) without the
follow-up, for example.


>Where, do you think, refers that "Now be a man, face me, and make it easier,
>or must I rather work upon you from the Back, like a Beast" (699.2-3) to?
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