If only jargon were self-censored, this might be worth reading at 1/8th the price....Good title, imho: Alice, did you suggest the title to this guy?
http://bloghostingcentral.com/marenkolppa/2010/03/27/everybodys-america-thomas-pynchon-race-and-the-cultures-of-postmodernism-studies-in-major-literary-authors/