That missing parenthesis (GR 411)

[jbor]

Yes, after the ellipsis at line 14, where the narrator's self-conscious
aside fades out. It's definitely an error, though there's no basis for
ascribing it to a printer or publisher. In fact, that assertion is quite
illogical seeing as how the omission has appeared in more than one edition
of the text. 

It's more likely that it's a mistake or oversight in the original ms which
neither author nor editor picked up. As such it's another opportunity for
some eager beaver to score brownie points with Pynchon, his agent or his
publisher. A simple email or fax pointing out the error should suffice.

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> Yep. Right after the ellipsis works. It's almost a pity, isn't it.

>> The missing patrenthesis on page 411 clearly belongs right before the
>> elipses six lines down.  I see that I pencilled it in on my copy.
>> This is
>> an obvious printer's error.
>> 
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