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Mon Jul 17 10:31:51 CDT 2006


 
In a message dated 07/17/2006 11:14:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
wescac at gmail.com writes:

So is  this just a wicked joke or does someone actually have a copy of
the  book?  I think I missed something.

On 7/17/06, David Meury  <dmeury at yahoo.com> wrote:
> No, dammit.  I tell you, the  scene where Marcel
> Proust's cousin marries Henri Bergson is an  allusion
> to Mimi and Richard with best man Marcel a double
>  exposure of both Dylan and Pynchon . . 


A wicked joke, I think...which leads me to a similar question: what's this  
"Holocaust" verbiage about? Is that supposed to be a humorous reference to a 
TRP  reading by the group? From what I can tell, the book itself has nothing to 
do w.  the Holocaust, so unless I'm also missing something...?
 
RF
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