The Wreckignitons Read

[Erik T. Burns]

"Gwyon had been attending her with the expression of a man who's come on a
bone in a mouthful of fishmeat" --p28.

another simple line of description that is both instantly recognizable (I
hazard that we all know exactly what this looks like) and perfectly apt; it
is also one that Gaddis uses at least 3 times in The Recognitions -- hey, he
likes it as much as I do!



On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> p. 8 "the look of a man who was waiting for something which had happened
> before".........................
>
> this simple line of description also resonates with this chapter's long
> focus on what has happened before
>
> I did smile at the following line about Rev Gwyon not being able to
> get Americans---those positive-thinking, gung-ho Babbitts---to believe
> in original Sin............funny......
>
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