pynchon-l-digest V2 #4597

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Anyone who's ever spent any time in Mexico (outside of the really noxious tourist areas) would understand how Pynchon could love it enough to name one of his characters after it.


----Original Message-----
From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
Sent: Dec 4, 2005 2:45 PM
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: pynchon-l-digest V2 #4597


On Dec 4, 2005, at 1:28 PM, David Casseres wrote:



> Speaking of Roger Mexico, that's one of the names in this book that I
> can't make anything out of.  Yet it's striking.


An early  commenter (forget who) suggested that that Roger's attack  
on Pointsman and the  Cartel is as unlikely as Mexico invading the U.S.

p.