MalignD at aol.com wrote: <> There's a similar idea expressed, if I recall correctly, in the correspondence of Kingsley Amis and Phillip Larkin. ----- About Pynchon readers (in the Amis/Larkin correspondance) or about Amis readers? Favourite recent Pop Culture Amis reference (Martin not Kingsley): Season Three, Ep. 3 Veronica Mars. > >