Rich Lawyer with a "Wetback" Shrink?

[Paul Mackin]

On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 11:17, tess marek wrote:
> Strange? Well, it's Pynchon. 
> 
> 
> 
> Per capita income in the USA at the time was around
> 7K. 
> On Long Island it was higher, around 8-9K. But Flange
> spent $1,000 on a stereo! Must have been a kick ass
> system. And he spends big buck on his Park Avenue
> Shrink too.


You seem to be saying the Pyncher should have devoted a paragraph or two
to how Dennis acquired his upper middle class affluence. One can't very 
plausibly cast off bourgeois comforts and respectability without first
going through the (not always pretty)  process of acquiring them. Or did
the Flanges have immensely  rich and indulgent parents?  

P.