First Page of Bleeding Edge?

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The reverend Cherrycoke is a tedious bore.

Rich, perhaps P. isn't known for his 'affection' but Rev'd Cherrycoke's Narrative is chock full of it. It is when he is most evasive or humorous that he seems most affectionate... 




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Rich, perhaps P. isn't known for his 'affection' but Rev'd Cherrycoke's Narrative is chock full of it. It is when he is most evasive or humorous that he seems most affectionate... 

 Revd's Tale is not of some Dispersed and wasted Zone, but of a supposedly 'Virgin' frontier and all that entails.The quarrels of families along the Line are more often than not Resolved, tho' the resolutions of these narratives (chasing milkmaids sort of thing) are tenuous at best, there remains a hearth-side joviality. Even the protagonists are allowed a final meeting to pause in all sweetness, however melancholic, and reflect upon their travels together, the declining health of the two fading in and out of perspective as Cherrycoke injects a cheerful air.


Surely any self-respecting Pynchonian would be suspicious of words such as Affection or Warmth when applied to P... however, the Reverend Wicks, if only to secure a habitation by amusing the children of the house, is certainly struck through with more-than just gentility....

 
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