Thomas Pynchon's schlmiels

[Don Antenen]

>"Profane was just the first in a line of schlmiel heroes of Pynchons,
>heroes who, I think, are self-portraits. Not every book has one, but
>most do. Tyrone Slothrop of Gravity’s Rainbow; Zoyd Wheeler of
>Vineland; and now Doc Sportello of Inherent Vice."


Sportello is neither a hero (hero to whom?) nor a schlemiel.  Sportello is a stoner, but he is no schlemiel.

all the best,
Don