VLVL2 (5): Pynchon in Zoyd?

[Tim Strzechowski]

"It was a rare cooperative moment for the in-laws, in their mutual uneasiness, Sasha never having known really what to make of Zoyd, settling instead for a reflex headshake whenever they met, with an embarrassed laugh that seemed to mean, 'You are so inappropriate for my daughter that even you must see it and be as amused as I am -- we're adults after all, and we can certainly share a chuckle, can't we Zoyd."  (p. 56)


Something about the above passage sounds somewhat autobiographical to me.  Can't pinpoint it, exactly, but our author, who has been married for quite some time (does anyone know when he married?), and who is certainly known for his eccentricities, could have been on the receiving end of one of them there "reflex headshakes."

Also interesting that the final portion of that sentence is a statement, rather than a question.

Tim


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