Camus Death KGB hit? / gold wc

[gary webb]

OAS supposedly wanted Sartre. Camus's position on Algeria was much more
nuanced, and disruptive to his relationships to other prominent French
intellectuals. It would make sense that OAS would be indifferent, and the
more radical leftist elements would be more incensed. But this is all
conjecture. See article below for more details on the nuances of opinions
and positions in France at the time:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/camus-and-frances-algerian-wars

On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 12:21 PM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> u mean it wasn't the OAS or those so associated?
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 10:26 PM peterthooper at juno.com <
> peterthooper at juno.com> wrote:
>
>> Intriguing news. Like Rev’d Cherrycoke, or Salman Rushdie, Camus faced
>> real world limitations on the freedom of his speech, if this is true. I
>> mostly go around thinking writers can say whatever they want but that’s not
>> exactly true. ( like in the 40 year old hippie comic, where he sez “if I
>> was President I’d disband the army” and his friend tells him “no you
>> wouldn’t because the military industrial complex would have you killed,”
>> and he goes, “Oh yeah, I forgot about those guys.” )
>>
>> Other oddments - the toilet that the Guggenheim  offered to Trump when he
>> requested van Gogh’s “Landscape with Snow” went to Blenheim Palace and was
>> stolen, even though it was plumbed in.
>> https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dezeen.com/2019/09/16/maurizio-cattelan-gold-toilet-blenheim-palace-news/amp/
>>
>> So much weird about this: that Trump would know of and request a Van Gogh
>> suggests hidden depths in the person.
>>
>> Then, that he would decline the solid gold toilet’s another surprise:
>> seems like a vulgarian daydream that he would take even more pleasure in
>> than pretending to drive that truck on the White House lawn.
>>
>> Also, gold is 8 times as dense as porcelain, so an 80 pound porcelain
>> stool would be like 640 in gold, a bit less because it’s only 18 karats.
>> Had to be somebody seriously burly took it, maybe Pig Bodine for the
>> toiletship.
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>> From: gary webb <gwebb8686 at gmail.com>
>> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Subject: Camus Death KGB hit?
>> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 18:05:02 -0500
>>
>> I've never even heard whispers of this theory before and I don't know how
>> reliable conversations with Jacques Verges would be, but the theory is
>> fascinating...
>>
>>
>> https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/05/albert-camus-murdered-by-the-kgb-giovanni-catelli?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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