seems latest Mad Men featured TCofL49.....

[Paul Mackin]

For Pete, the book was probably by way of work-related research.  By the 
late 60s the youth movement and youth counterculture were super hot 
topics in the media and advertising (at least that's the way I remember 
it). While Lot 49 wasn't explicitly all that much about youth culture 
per se, it nevertheless was evocative and pointed more or less in that 
direction. I remember thinking of it that way. The book contained stuff 
ad men needed to keep abreast of.

P

I'm assuming Pete was still in the ad business--haven't seen the show in 
a couple years.


On 5/7/2012 2:42 PM, Dave Monroe wrote:


> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Dave Monroe<against.the.dave at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Mark Kohut<markekohut at yahoo.com>  wrote:
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>>> 'Mad Men,' A Conversation (Season 5, Episode 8)
>>> Wall Street Journal (blog)
>>>  From a brief, almost subliminal, glimpse of the cover, the book appears to be “The Crying of Lot 49,” Thomas Pynchon's complex 1966 postmodern novel. That flash sets the tone for this week's episode. I've never been a fan of Pynchon, but – my memory ...
>>> See all stories on this topic »
>>> 'Mad Men': An affair, and a resignation, to remember
>>> Washington Post (blog)
>>> and reading Thomas Pynchon's “The Crying of Lot 49” (classic introspective, borderline suicidal person move, and a relevant detail since it's about a woman dealing with her deceased former lover's estate). On top of everything else, the installment was ...
>>> See all stories on this topic »
>>> Mad Men Watch: Phone Booths and Lies
>>> TIME
>>> This week's episode opened with Pete reading Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 on the train. Even though it was Pynchon's shortest novel, it's pretty heavy reading for a commute, especially for a man who exchanged a wedding present for a .22 ...
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>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4050623150817&set=p.4050623150817
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> http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-reading-pynchon-on-bus-takes-pains-to-make-cov,3192/
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