VLVL2 (3) A Finesi Romance #1

[Polyplunger]

Caw.

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, jbor wrote:

> on 12/8/03 12:34 AM, Paul Nightingale at isread at btopenworld.com wrote:
>
> > At such moments, Tweety
> > steps out of the 2-D action and sits next to the reader, becomes an
> > observer: much as Zoyd does when Hector entraps Van Meter?
>
> I'm more inclined to think that Zoyd hasn't understood the ritualistic gag
> and PI routine which Van Meter and Hector employ here. I actually think that
> Van Meter provides the corroborating information about Leon deliberately,
> and that the "Aaaaa" is for Zoyd's benefit, or part of the routine. A snitch
> needs to be careful not to let others know that he is a snitch.
>
> > The flashback runs three pages (22-25) and offers Hector, in Ricardo
> > Montalban mode, trying to write, ie produce, a narrative that features
> > Zoyd as snitch.
>
> I don't think this is correct. For example, the new paragraph (starting at
> 24.12) contains information provided by a detached narrator. It provides
> details which -- explicitly -- Hector does not know about (the "sweet basil"
> and "Bisquick" deals which Zoyd *doesn't* tell Hector about). And unless
> Ricardo Montalban was renowned for idiomatic Irish characterisations ("to be
> sure" 24.20), I don't see how you can read it as Hector fabulating.
>
> Nice try though.
>
> best
>
> best
>