TRTR - Chapter VI au revoir

[Michael Bailey]

alice wellintown wrote:
> So, I disagree wit MB's reading which suggests that WG has created a
> fictional character we should somehow excuse or fogive or even like.
> Otto is a cool creation, but Otto ain't cool.
>

hey, I elicited a response!

I don't know enough about the book to defend my take, really, but...
the big O's ambitions exceed his talents?  and he doesn't deal with it well?
that's just so familiar to me, I can't help but sympathize.

"Advertising tells you you're the one
who can do what's never been done
who can sing what's never been sung
meantime life goes on all around you"

he's not Prince Hamlet, no, but he will serve to swell the action in a
scene or two