The First Page with Thomas C. Foster: THE CRYING OF LOT 49 by Thomas Pynchon

[Dave Monroe]

"Here's a video to show your students before they tackle Thomas
Pynchon's THE CRYING OF LOT 49. Thomas C. Foster, professor at the
University of Michigan and author of HOW TO READ LITERATURE LIKE A
PROFESSOR, shows students how the first page of a novel holds the key
to style, point of view, narrative identity—and other important clues
to what is to come. Here, he walks students through the first page of
Thomas Pynchon's THE CRYING OF LOT 49."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCRz0uAuGu4