Kieselguhr Kid (206 words)

[Mark Kohut]

Well-said.

I think I am in virtual complete agreement but i have to relive (mentally)
some of the KK details.



On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 2:16 AM peterthooper at juno.com <peterthooper at juno.com>
wrote:

> Bombings in AtD:
>
> The Kieselguhr Kid legend in AtD doesn’t exactly replicate anything I know
> of in American history. Close cognates are George Metesky, around whom
> Abbie Hoffman tried to build a legend, and the Unabomber. But each of these
> legends devolved into an individual and lost its mystery.
>
> Reasonably fair justice came their way.
>
>
>
> I think the Kieselguhr Kid in AtD is meant to (among other things) point
> up the futility of such acts in the pursuit of a goal.
>
> At first Webb seems to be the Kid, but other bombings accrue to that
> account as the Kid acquires legendary status, some even possibly done by
> anti-labor forces.
>
> Not much exists to explain them, so not even those who might be
> susceptible to tortuous logic can claim them as part of their cause.
>
> As Dr Strangelove said, the whole point of the Doomsday Machine is lost if
> you keep it a secret.
>
> In AtD, the Kid’s failure to produce a narrative allows the forces of
> reaction to construct one in keeping with their goals.
>
> But what true narrative could make sense of such acts? Pynchon’s
> depictions of Webb and his world make an emotional and sensual case for
> viewing it, however sympathetically, as an aberration.
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