VLVL 4: War, politics and love

[Otto]

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From: "Terrance" <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: VLVL 4: War, politics and love


> And, the Vietnam Vets in this Chapter are Vato &  Blood. Remember those
> guys? What kinda business were they doing in Vietnam and why did the
> Vietcong support it?

If they were doing some business with the Vietcong I assume it was either a
heroin deal or had to do with prostitution.

> That's the Vietnam connection in this chapter. Not RC.

But the line "since the war" appears when RC and Moonpie are introduced.

Otto