Pynchon Character Names

[Paul Mackin]

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From: "John Bailey" <sundayjb at gmail.com>
To: "Pynchon Liste" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 1:29 AM
Subject: Pynchon Character Names


> Has anyone heard of this? Or own it?
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Pynchon-Character-Names-Patrick-Hurley/dp/0786434589
>
> I can't think of another author with a comparably odd book devoted to 
> them.

Can anyone give an example of the sort of thing he does?

Hard to imagine his methodology (short of interviewing Pynchon )

Just imagination and past reading.

How could one assign any authoritativeness to such a work?

Not that it might not be a fun read.

P