Inherent Vice: Pink Fade

[Simon Bryquer]

I've always seriously wondered if Pynchon had it written into his
> contract that the first edition QP of Gravity's Rainbow be  deliberately 
> under-glued along the spine, thus guaranteeing that all  copies of that 
> edition would fall apart about two thirds the way in.

Well mine did begin to fall apart, not 2/3 in, but this year. I hadn't 
looked at this copy ( this was the first copy I bought) I have a few more 
that are holding up fine.

SCB




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Landseadel" <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 8:49 PM
Subject: Inherent Vice: Pink Fade


> Got my copy of Inherent Vice at Borders today. Place looked like a 
> rummage sale. There was no discount. The clerk told me :"I guess it's  not 
> an important book."
>
> The inside flaps for the cover are sprayed pink, the kind of pink fade 
> you find on remaindered books. Not all of them, mind you. Not all 
> publishers use that signifier on a book headed for the $5 bin, but 
> enough. If you've ever worked or obsessively shopped at one of the big 
> box book stores, you'll know what I talking about.
>
> I've always seriously wondered if Pynchon had it written into his 
> contract that the first edition QP of Gravity's Rainbow be  deliberately 
> under-glued along the spine, thus guaranteeing that all  copies of that 
> edition would fall apart about two thirds the way in.