AtD RE: ATD Spoilers

[Paul Mackin]

Robin and Dave's instincts seem about correct.

Even in a "who done it" per se does anyone ever remember who actually  
did it.

Well, maybe in "The Maltese Falcon" and "Laura."

After seeing them a hundred times.

Who cares who killed Roger Ackeroyd?







On Oct 29, 2006, at 9:49 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:

> I have a pet theory about "Western" literature
> (fiction, nonfiction, what have you) being by and
> large a matter of "whodunit"--in the sense of, the
> truth is something hidden, something to be
> unconcelaed--from Sophocles and Plato onward, then
> tkaing a turn somewhere in the last 50-150 yrs
> (somewhere betwixt Poe and Robbe-Grillet) to
> "whocareswhodidit."  Lacan and Derrida batting around
> "The Purloined Letter" alone ...
>
> --- robinlandseadel at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> "Pynchon's novels aren't really about 'whodunit' -
>> not for me, anyway. Reading Pynchon for me is all
>> about savouring the prose, page by page, sentence by
>> sentence, while trying to detect larger structural
>> and thematic patterns. It's about trying to keep the
>> local and global details in my head all at once,
>> enjoying the beauty and complexity of it all. And a
>> spoiler or two won't detract from that pleasure."
>>
>> Eggs Ackley. The Crying Of Lot 49 is the ultimate
>> anti-whodunnit, Gravity's Rainbow ends in freefall,
>> the narritive vehicle breaking up into smaller and
>> smaller pieces before the whole novel crashes into
>> our theater, & M & D ends with a nod to Bono.
>> Seriously, could you imagine AtD being hawked on TV
>> with one of those 30 second spots, like the ones
>> used for James Patterson novels? ...
>
>
>
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