GR translation: round black iron

Paul Mackin mackin.paul at verizon.net
Sat Jun 25 13:50:21 CDT 2011


On 6/25/2011 1:38 PM, Jed Kelestron wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Mike Jing<mikezjing at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Is the "round black iron" a big bomb or something else entirely?
> ----------------------------------
>
> On page 689 we have another reference to this image:
>
> "The ape reaches up taps Slothrop on the ass, hands him what he's been
> carrying yaahhgghh it's a round black iron anarchist bomb's what it
> is, with lit fuse too. . . ."
>
> http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/zak_smith/689.htm
>
Good find.

P



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