IV Chapter 17 Thoughts

[Robin Landseadel]

On Dec 11, 2009, at 5:07 PM, Michael Bailey wrote:

> Robin Landseadel cited:
>
>>        . . . Raymond is said to have taken his first drink as a  
>> soldier in
>>        World War I after he enlisted in the Canadian army in 1917. He
>>        had a variety of jobs and has an erratic employment history
>>        which was caused by his drinking problems. By 1924, Chandler
>>        had married Pearl Cecily “Cissy” Hulbert however over the next
>>        seven years his drinking problem began to manifest itself in
>>        extended episodes of heavy drinking and erratic behavior. It
>>        was the reason he was fired from his job as a vice president  
>> of
>>        an oil syndicate in 1932 after which he temporarily stopped  
>> his
>>        excessive drinking. . .
>>
>
> whoa, wasn't there a vp of an oil syndicate in Crying of Lot 49?


Excellent question.

> -- 
> - "The doctor said give him jug band music; it seems to make him feel
> just fine!"