Foax--I confess to not always having time to keep up with every post. So if the item below has already been mentioned on-list, please forgive the wasted bandwidth. But I could not chance that it had gone unreported. http://www.amazon.com/Pynchon-Character-Names-Patrick-Hurley/dp/ 0786434589/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206986188&sr=8-1