Christopher 'Kit' Traverse

[John Carvill]

Ah, thanks very much indeed for looking that page reference up. Have now
made a note on the wiki:

http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_525-556

The reference does suggest many ATD resonances - espionage,
homosexuality, atheism, assassination, etc. 

Cheers
John


-----Original Message-----
From: John BAILEY
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 10:58 PM
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: RE: Christopher 'Kit' Traverse

P. 540 - section quoted below

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"Root signaled the waiter, making broad gestures toward Pleiade. "She
gets the check - haar rekening, ja?" "

I took that as the Dutch version 'Rechnung' - ie Deutsch for 'bill', but
also literally 'reckoning'; didn't think about the other connotations of
the word, but in Kit's case it certainly fits with one of the themes of
the whole novel. 

Looking it up, it seems to be 'her bill' but I imagine 'her reckoning'
too. Nice call there.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
Behalf Of Carvill John
Sent: Friday, 15 December 2006 8:33 AM
To: monropolitan at yahoo.com; pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Christopher 'Kit' Traverse

Very minor spolier............

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Somewhere, I'd say between page 450 and 700, a section ends with a bill
being brought to a table where Kit is among a party of revellers, and
someone says something along the lines of, "Ah! The reckoning!" although
'reckoning' may be spelt sl;ightly dirrerently. Anyone got the page
number to save me trawling back through? Dave Monroe: your mission,
should you choose....

In any case, I guess it's a pretty clear reference to Christopher 'Kit' 
Marlowe, and his final 'reckoning', eh? BUt is this just one of
Pynchon's sly little jokes, or does it point to a greater significance
in the naming of this particular member of the Traverse clan?

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