1984 Foreword

[Otto]

"It just so happens our own brave new world has just shoveled another goofy
moustache regime into the dustbin of history. Pynchon keeps this
circumstance consciously in the background through artful allusion, no doubt
aware that too many parallels have been drawn already between World War II
and our post-9/11 War Without End. Fortunately he maintains a light touch in
presenting historical analogies that are worth looking into."
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