Backing and filling on Against the Day...and for Master of Petersburg plist readers

[rich]

The grim facre which was the Feerdinand assassination is well worth
reading about. I still puzzle over why Pynchon excluded it from ATD.
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too obvious, like no mention of JFK murder in Lot 49, a  book about
conspiracy? and in 1964-65, yikes
ah, our Pyncher is a subtle devil--what better way to foreground the
horror of the filth-filled trenches by having Kit almost drown in the
filth of gallons of mayonnaise? by example

rich



On 7/30/09, Carvill, John <john.carvill at sap.com> wrote:
> << Well, whatever Norman Stone is, TRP seems to share the expressed view
> of
> the Germans (as a Nation-State) re the History of the two world wars.
> Examples citing Germany are legion in his books...>>
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> Yes yes. I wasn't making any big hostorical point. But Norman Stone is
> well known, over here, as a right-wing windbag semi-celebrity academic.
> And Princip is an odd figure to pick to 'agree with' or use to make a
> point. That's all.
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> The grim facre which was the Feerdinand assassination is well worth
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