Did TRP take on this printed dare? In effect....

[alice wellintown]

> He's talking about Wm. Gaddis and _The Recognitions_, but even there the timing is off ... That's from 1955.

A long list of authors fit that description, some before and sone
after the date, some are poets, some playwrights... so, given the
date, if we're looking for a U.S.A.  American novelist, my choice is
Ellison's _Invisible Man_.

Slothrop is IM's white shadow. Pynchon was schooled by Ellison.