ATD minor spoiler - p 53 ...um, up to 109..

[Carvill John]

Heh heh. Well I was being a little mischievous, referring to Pynchon's 
(unconfirmed) reference to none other than Osama Bin Laden as a 'rodeo 
clown' in the (still disputed) Playboy Japan article.

>
>On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Carvill John wrote:
>
> > 'Rodeo clowns'? Where have we heard Pynchon use that phrase before?
>
>Ther have been two mentions in AtD.  The first in the description
>of the stockyards, where they corrall and funnel; the second in
>regard to Dally becoming a woman, and her suiters playing the
>unsuccessful rodeo clowns.
>
>I don't know what to think of this.
>
>

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