GR 'Father Rapier'

[pynchonoid]

> on 23/4/03 6:06 AM, pynchonoid wrote:
> > I'm guessing Pynchon probably did realize how
> silly it
> > might sound, at times, for book critics to discuss
> and
> > take seriously a priest called Father Raper.


--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote: 
> It's actually "Rapier". 

No shit? Thanks for pointing that out.

Meanwhile, say it outloud, using whatever you think
might be an American pronounciation for the French
word "rapier". 

The question being, is this a father who rapes, or
somebody who rapes your father (see also the popular
Vietnam War protest song,  "Alice's Restaurant").




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