Wood vs. Tanner on Paranoid Plots & Camus and Conrad and James too

Bekah bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net
Sun Apr 28 23:39:56 CDT 2013


Yup -  I found it but … (off list because the whole trajectory is probably huge spoiler territory).  If you want it let me know -  

Bekah

On Apr 28, 2013, at 8:07 PM, Rev'd Seventy-Six <revd.76 at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Who was that guy watching the Texas Highway Killer on TV?"
> 
> Matty.  Matthew Shay was obsessed with the (mediated) left-handed killer, in much the same way he was obsessed with (the mediated effects of) The Bomb when he was working in a bunker underground.
> 
> Which would be the biggest tip of the hat to GR Don penned, wouldn't it?  Come to think on it.  Though I rather loved his nod to William S. Burroughs in 'Ratner's Star'...
> 
> The 'missing' link in the ownership of the ball was--  spoiler!  --the THK's victim in the vid, by the way.  In case you didn't catch it on that third read.  :)
> 
> -David




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