Never the Twain

[Carvill, John]

> The author, TRP-the elder reflecting on the tale in his Introduction
> to the Slow Learning collection sez so; I agree with him.

Slightly spurious. Isn't Pynchon being a tad modest in that intro? Didn't he once refer to COL49 as 'a piece of sh1t' or words to that effect?

> Also, I'm sure I've
> read his books and Twains more than he has. ;--)

Beyond spurious. If I go off and read Twain's books more times than you've read them, does that automatically mean I'll be less likely than you to 'misread' them?