Golden Fang

[kelber at mindspring.com]

He could well be a Stone in his other books (though that's kind of a come-down), but I think IV is meant more for fun (though it clearly has some sadder, somber moments).

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com>
>Sent: Sep 24, 2009 5:35 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Golden Fang
>
>kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> This isn't a veiled reference to a CIA-led conspiracy, it's a Get Smart episode.  Max and 99 find out Agent Fang's been kidnapped and have to go undercover at the Club Asiatique.  Much hilarity ensues, with inscrutable Chinese who talk like hippies, Dragon Ladies in bikinis and conspiratorial dentists ("OK, it's illegal, but, nu, it's a living."
>
>Right On! Pynchon is no Oliver Stone. Right?
>