Jeffrey St. Clair on Charlie Hebdo and Pynchon

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Thanks, Thomas. I've repeatedly asked fans of the book (I'm not one) to post their favorite passages from the book. The Charlie-the-Tuna rant is clearly one of them - though it reads more like the ass-backwards, shit 'n shinola rants in GR, than his more intricate passages.

St. Clair writes about the commodification of the terrorist attack into the "Je Suis Hebdo" brand, which will be used to justify further erosion of civil liberties and continued military adventurism. Spot on!

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de>
>Sent: Jan 16, 2015 9:54 AM
>To: "pynchon-l at waste.org" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Jeffrey St. Clair on Charlie Hebdo and Pynchon
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>http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/16/sorry-charlie/
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>Haven't read it yet.
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