LISS/STEPVR defenestration

[Mark Kohut]

On my first reread with my sometimes overintense questioning, yes the
defenestration bothered me.

Why? Confused as to place it in context. Context of themes, etc.

On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 11:20 PM Raphael Saltwood <
PlainMrBotanyB at outlook.com> wrote:

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> 1) does the defenestration strike a jarring note?
> Defend or what would you put there?
>
> Yes. Got to start somewhere, though.
>
> "Something publicly crazy" - bordering on magical realism; poesy's license
> acting on "the hoops people have to jump through to get government help"
>
> what aspects of society does he encounter?
> his dog
> the bluejays (vogelfrei)
> The Vineland Mall
> a convoy of Winnebagos with disparagement of his drag costume
> loggers
> the lingering effects of Star Wars
> TV crew
> Cucumber Lounge
> a buddy (van Meter)
> the Mafia in the person of Ralph Wayvone
> and Hector
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> could you put something else instead of a defenestration?
>
> I'm hard pressed to think of a better beginning. How about he umm...
>
> In terms of Zoyd having done this every year and this year being
> different, it compares a bit to "Groundhog Day" (favorably, imho, since
> although I liked Groundhog Day I'm not a howling fan of it)
>
> It also links up with the beginning of V., intertextual with his own
> previous work.
>
> Echoes from the past:
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> From:   "Meg Larson"
> To:     "Pynchlist"
> Subject: VLVL(1)--Chapter 1 summary
> Date:   Sat, 19 Sep 1998 12:53:04 -0400
>
> Zoyd goes through the window, immediately sensing something ain't right;
> Hector, trying to prove he's still bad, picks up a shard of glass and
> proceeds to eat it.  Zoyd remembers reading in the _TV Guide_ "about stunt
> windows made out of clear sheet candy " (12.16), and it turns out that
> Ralph
> Jr. had the real glass window replaced with the candy window.  Hector
> splits, leaving Zoyd to contemplate the reason for this meeting tomorrow
> with the DEA agent, who had spent years trying to get Zoyd to turn into a
> narc, and which so far, Zoyd has resisted.  He knows that one day, "just to
> have some peace, he'd say forget it and go over" (12.35).  Chapter ends
> with
> Zoyd comparing this situation to Wheel of Fortune, only without "Vanna
> White
> at the corner of his vision to cheer on the Wheel, to wish him well, to
> flip
> over the letters of a message he knew he didn't want to read anyway"
> (13.2-4).
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