Zoyd

[Robin Landseadel]

On Aug 22, 2009, at 2:46 PM, Rob Jackson wrote:

> VL is Pynchon's diagnosis of the failure of the 60s revolution.  
> Neither the Timothy Learyesque dropouts like Zoyd nor the Gloria  
> Steinemesque radicals like Frenesi could resist the temptations of,  
> on the one hand, money, and on the other, sex (and the Tube had a  
> large part to play as well ... ). No matter how sympathetic we find  
> either parent of the novel's true protagonist (Prairie) - and both  
> of them have redeeming human characteristics and are immensely  
> "likeable" - ultimately neither had what it takes, the "courage of  
> their convictions", and *that's* why the 60s revolution failed, so  
> Pynchon's parable tells us.

Agree on all counts.