This and the whole scene WAS imagined (not literally) by Pynchon. Enacted as "symbolic action"---Burke

[Erik T. Burns]

agree wholeheartedly: a monumental clusterf*ck sparked by a naive mixup

That's about as close as you can get to putting J R in a nutshell

On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 2:46 PM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would argue perfect scene out of JR. Have been re-reading the novel last
> few weeks--the parade of charlatans, losers and sad sacks. Rudy and crew
> fit well within
>
> rich
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 8:36 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > https://twitter.com/moonbeeaam/status/1325734506486239232?s=20
> > --
> > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
> >
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> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>