Against the Day/Songs

Dave Monroe monropolitan at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 21 12:52:05 CDT 2006


Well, on might wonder why the novel takes that final
(seeming) turn into a meditation on America.  See the
intro by Patrick O'Donnell (of New Essays on The
Crying of Lot 49, uh, fame) to the Cambridge UP ed.
...

--- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:

> The color I think of is the green light at the end
> of the pier.
> 
> But yes, under the  red, white, and blue, in the
> land of the free and the home of the brave, where
> everything is  free if you're brave enough . . .
> 
> By the way,  most of these folks including their
> author were  from  
> the Upper Midwest (old northwest) transplanted by
> the fatal siren  
> call of the East and that green light at the end  of
> the  pier.
> 
> P.
> 
> >
> > --- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Under the Red, White, and Blue would  have been
> too
> >> boisterous.
> >
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