Cormac, by the numbers- What's up?

[Mark Thibodeau]

Weird...

On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 7:10 AM jody2.718 via Pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
wrote:

> From the NY Times review of "The Passenger" By John Jeremiah Sullivan:
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> https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/19/books/review/cormac-mccarthy-passenger.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Books
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> "When the divers get into the plane, they find that one of the bodies is
> missing. There are eight passengers on the manifest but only seven on
> board. Has someone escaped, after first causing the crash?
>
> "
>
> But from PAN MACMILLAN AUSTRALIA:
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> https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9780330457422/
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> "1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby
> Western zips the jacket of his wetsuit and plunges from the boat deck into
> darkness. His divelight illuminates the sunken jet, nine bodies still
> buckled in their seats, hair floating, eyes devoid of speculation. Missing
> from the crash site are the pilot's flightbag, the plane's black box, and
> the tenth passenger
>
> "
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> 7,8,9…10?
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> Jody
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