rubrics (I like that word), wrecking crews and hugfests

[Mark Kohut]

John C. wrote> 
> There sure are plenty of references to the CIA in Pynchon.
> But given that he is (among other things) a historical
> novelist, and given the timeframe(s) he covers, how could
> there not be? The extent to which he's nudging us in the
> direction of Them in IV is still very much open for debate,
> imho.
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> Cheers
> J
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> The skewing toward CIA references is massively more than what even a good historical novelist does. Fill in your own names here. Fill in the namesof some of America's, the world's, best novelists and few are focused on the CIA and its meanings as he is. 

Allen Ginsberg was, evidently, an amateur expert on the CIA, although I do not know how it may have entered his poetry. Norman Mailer was another and he wrote at least one major novel concerned with the CIA and America. And certain aspects (of spying; intelligence gathering; damaging America to protect it?) might have pervaded other works. 

Spying, betraying others for supposed beliefs, is one of P's deep themes, see GR and further historical investigation in Against the Day. See especially there, the Vienna section. 
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