TR . . sure Gaddis is christian in perverse way (shade of gray)

[Michael Bailey]

Mark Kohut  wrote:
> So, the parody is, at base, a parody of the whole Christian tradition
> that allowed Faust to negotiate with Mephistopheles, so to speak?
>
> Like it...
>

the angle that I think promising is that of compare/contrast between
the times and impulses that spawned the message of the CR, and those
depicted in TR...and of course between the messages themselves; so it
makes a person want to glance through CR at least a little

problem being that CR at first glance is goshawful boring...and the
guy seems like a goshawful goody-goody, a lot like Aunt May...
maybe they grow on you?