NP: Gravity's Rainbow re-read

kelber at mindspring.com kelber at mindspring.com
Sat Mar 18 14:41:29 CST 2006


I'm on my first re-read of GR, and made a connection I hadn't made on the first go-round: In the Kenosha Kid sequence,  Crutchfield the Westwardman [sending his rockets westward?] and his Pard, Whappo, Afro-Scandinavian are Slothrop's precognition of Weissmann and Enzian/Gottfried.  Not sure what "the only one"  means in this context.  "Only one fight, one victory, one loss."  Anyone have any insights into this, or know of any good articles or essays that discuss this part of the KK seaquence?

Laura



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