SLSL "A Small Rain"

William Zantzinger williamzantzinger at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 29 21:49:15 CST 2002


 
 jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
on 30/11/02 4:26 AM, Paul Mackin at paul.mackin at verizon.net wrote:

>>> Why the cigar, by the way?


> The two (cap and cigar) are of a piece, seems to me. A
> withholding-of-self from the proceedings. Not giving the girl his full
> attention. Protective insulation? A security blanket? Was this Lardass,
> or Pynchon?

I think that Nathan "Lardass" Levine is more of a prototype for Seaman "Pig"
Bodine. 

I ca't see this at all. Laedass and Pig? How? Why? 



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