ATDTDA (23):

[Dave Monroe]

On 11/28/07, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
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> 1.The Mondaugen sequence in V where the colonialists are holed up in the mansion having a decadent party while awaiting the inevitable native insurrection.  Beleaguered colonialists are all alike ...

  "'Been down that road,' said Ewball.  'Plantation life not what you expected?'
  "Young Von Quassel allowed himself a chilly smile.  'It is exactly
what I expected.'" (p. 238)

Cf. V., Ch. 9, "Mondaugen's story," pp. 230-97?  See ...

http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/v/mondstory.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=jqS2pmUIfOAC&pg=PA248&lpg=PA248

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0711&msg=123065