VL-IV: Moving right along... Chapter 9 - Back at it

[Amy E. Vorro]

Thanks - that makes sense.


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> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 11:09:24 +1100
> Subject: Re: VL-IV: Moving right along... Chapter 9 - Back at it
> From: sundayjb at gmail.com
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>
>>Regarding the scene of the auction: "Older gentlement with fingertip deficiencies could be noted circulating in the crowd, attentive as geishas, although to other signals." I'm probably missing something fairly obvious, any ideas? It feels sinister....
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>
> If a yakuza member messes up they can save face by lopping off a
> fingertip. These guys are likely paying attention to the complex codes
> and social cues of the gangster crowd.

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