ATD SPOILER p. 93, 95

[Andrew Pollock]

Please don't misunderstand, I agree about the centrality of terrorism
and the power (and freedom) that TP gets from setting the novel as he
does.  I'm nobody's constructionist in that regard, and as in most
things, I think that kind of constructionism makes for bad readings.
My only point is that WT's meditations on bombing are much different
in flavor than the casual play of his son in that scene, and my
reading is that they're purposely presented as such, to raise just the
question I raised:  are you an ideologue, an uncaring nut, both?  That
reading may not be borne out later in the text, but in the first
section the differences seem more instructive and nuanced.

Andrew