GR translation: round black iron

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Sat Jun 25 20:43:35 CDT 2011


Amen, Jed.

That round iron bomb w/ the big fuse is SO Cayote & Roadrunner.

On Saturday, June 25, 2011, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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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