V. help and disscusion

[John Bailey]

Don't have the book to hand - is this after the attempt to steal the
painting? It's a pretty confused chapter but quite madcap - I remember
thinking it made a lot more sense after you've actually visited
Florence and can understand the layout. It doesn't really matter if
you don't fully get the chapter though. With V. you can just forge
ahead and make your own sense, then come back to it later and comb for
the details.

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Jordan Hunnicutt<antipusrises at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm new to Pynchon as well as the list.  Right now I'm reading V. and loving
> it.  I'm enamored by the black comedy that's throughout the book.  I would
> say that I am doing pretty good so far at navigating the dense prose (I
> equate some chapters as the literary equivalent of being waterboarded) but
> this passage has me beat.  In my edition it starts on pg. 168 and goes
> though 169.  It's in chapter 7, part 6 where Godolphin is running from the
> police and starts with "He turned right and headed toward the Duomo..."
> That entire paragraph is really intense and I'm having a very hard time
> following the characters line of thought as to what exactly is going on.
>
> Is there anyone that would care to elaborate or explain this.  Any tips
> would be greatly apreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>