Parochial Plea

[Joe Allonby]

Foster's was unknown in America at the time. When it was first
introduced, Americans were very impressed by the size of the "oil
cans".

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 8:03 AM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just wanted to say, as we catch this wave out of IV (7), that I can't
> help but be personally saddened by the unmentioned reference to my
> native land here. From what I can remember, Pynchon has referred to
> Australia twice or perhaps thrice in his entire oeuvre, which puts the
> place well below most other countries and indeed continents. IV's page
> 99 ref is just a kick in the guts: "In Australia once, a local surfer,
> holding the biggest can of beer Flip had ever seen, had even sold him
> a fragment of the True Board."
>
> The biggest beer cans I've ever encountered have been in Germany and
> Japan - at least four times the size of anything here. And P knows
> those nations... I feel so abused.
>
> /irony
>