Ethical Diversions

[jbor at bigpond.com]

Also p. 282, the burning human hair of the doll in that haunting 
opening to the Third Section of the novel; and a future tense reference 
to "[e]xtermination camps" become "tourist attractions" (p. 453), which 
recalls those "gullible visitors" who "Micro" Graham picks out from 
among tour groups in the Mittelwerke to take through to the Dora labour 
camp (p. 296).

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On 16/06/2006:

> The few direct references we get (105, 666, 681), oblique though they 
> are, are likewise fully consistent with how events played out at the 
> time. And Pokler's obliviousness, until that moment when he walks 
> through the gates of the Dora work camp at war's end (432-3), is the 
> clincher.