ATDTDA (12): An inappropriate eagerness, 343-347 #1

[mikebailey]

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Paul Nightingale wrote:

> the floor shows "which . turned out
> to be literal displays of floors ."

a magnificent groaner in the Henny Youngman tradition
(and reminiscent of P.T. Barnum's "this way to the egress")

> through her. They find themselves "going for coffee after the last
> performance of the night" (344); but this is something the reader is not
> given access to. If we wish to dwell on the relationship that ensues it
> becomes another what-if.

on a simplistic level, it's a door back to real life:
finding out a co-worker has a friendly side, going out
for coffee after work with or without romantic intentions...

i've never flown in a balloon, but i've done that -
and maybe even been the ogre turned friend a couple times

lots of reminders of human interactions like that
make a person feel at home in the Pynchon books.