BEER Group Read. The looseness, the attitude

[Mark Kohut]

'It's the first day of spring 2001, and Maxine Tarnow, though some still have her in the system as Loeffler,
is walking her boys to school. Yes maybe they're past the age where they need an escort, maybe Maxine 
doesn't want to let go just yet, it's only a couple blocks, it's on her way to work, she enjoys it, so?"

I like the voice, the looseness, the easiness. Jelly Roll Morton on stride piano rolling out the phrases comma by comma,
breath by conversational breath. With attitude, is it New York attitude? We've talked about that linguistic
style, valley girl new york citified. Defending Maxine's sentimental love of her kids in free indirect discourse. Maxine defending herself.
"Free indirect discourse can also be described, as a "technique of presenting a character's voice partly mediated by the voice of the author" [below]

This narratorial intrusion---which starts the book!--has echoes to me of some of the narratorial 
intrusions  in, yes, jump on it, Gravity's Rainbow. How off am I?  Only like in Inherent Vice? Not at all? 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_indirect_speech
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