CoL49 - Zachary All suit

[J K Van Nort]

Another example of Pynchon minor details that lead down rabbit holes but also have links to previous moments. Charles Hollander says that Pynchon uses multiple allusions and proper names to hide and confirm at the same time (not a great paraphrase).

The founder of IA choses a Zachary All suit, which would have come from the Zachary All Clothing store on Wilshire Blvd. The founder of the store, Edward Nalbandian, an Armenian-American (like Fallopian) made commercials on local Los Angeles stations, one of which inspired Frank Zappa's song "Eddie, are you kidding?". 

Relevance? I'm not sure, but the idea that Pynchon mixes allusions across the book to point and verify is an interesting concept, and one that we see often in CoL49.

In solidarity,
James 

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