Atdtda23: [45.2] The other one, 647

[Mark Kohut]

This selection from paul's steady work reminded me of a possible
observation about much of the dialogue in AtD that I wondered if others saw
as I do.....and how it matters, perspectives on, if others do.

That ob is:  So often post, riposte or variation of......like much drama
(or should that be melodrama?)

Shared perceptions or my projected world?


----- Original Message ----
From: Paul Nightingale <isread at btinternet.com>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2007 1:15:08 PM
Subject: Atdtda23: [45.2] The other one, 647

[647.6-7] "Nice to see you out in public again, Miss Estrella. This here
your beau?"

"This yours, Hatch?"

"Wasn't looking for no round and round," advised the other one, "just being
neighbourly."

Cf. the introduction of Deuce and Sloat on 195:

Deuce's sidekick, Sloat Fresno, was about twice his size and thought that
Deuce was his sidekick. It wasn't the first time they'd made themselves
useful to the Owners Association. Mine security, sort of thing. They'd
picked up a reputation for being steady, for not talking to people they
didn't know. In saloon engagements they tended to fight back to back, each
thinking he was protecting the other ...


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