V. help and disscusion

[Dave Monroe]

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:29 AM, 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.

Hey, Robt., regardless of the likelihood we'll disagree to disagree on
whatever either of us come up with here, this kind of thing IS right
up yr alley.  I've no doubt you'll prove of no small assistance ...