Bianca

[kelber at mindspring.com]

I agree that this theme recurs too often throughout Pynchon's books to merely be metaphorical, and must represent, on some level, a personal obsession, which IN NO WAY implies that it's something he has ever or would consider acting on in his personal life.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com>

>Subject: RE: Bianca

 I still have no idea why Pynchon would 
>choose to have his protagonist (such as Slothrop is) do such a thing, and 
>why there seems to be a theme of sex with underage girls running through not 
>just GR but Pynchon in general. It's disturbing and very unattractive and - 
>to me anyway - inexplicable and hard to take.
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