Golden Fang

[Mark Kohut]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Robin Landseadel
<robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:

> The Tristero is the Golden Fang reversed, as if the Tristero/Golden Fang is
> a Tarot card. The Golden Fang represents the "haves" as the Trystero
> represents the "have-nots."

Laura & Rich and others: I cannot see TRP spending so many words and plot points on JUST a diversion, a fun side show.  If Chandler, Hammett or MacDonald did that, we'd call them on it....not just accept it as a diversion...if Delillo, Coetze or Kafka did that, we'd fault the books.

Some who see The Golden Fang as a diversion do find major fault with IV. 
Cause, effect, chicken, egg??    

As Dan Brwon and most Thomas Pynchon readers might say, The Golden Fang is not accidental to whatever IV's overarching meaning is, imho.

I am liking Robin's above, but I do think there are even more clues we have yet to explore to pin done some resonances---while opening out others---as we did with Tristero...