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[Paul Mackin]

On Jul 17, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Rcfchess at aol.com wrote:

> 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


This is going to be a little difficult to explain.



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