CoL49 - Zachary All suit

[Mark Kohut]

 "to hide and confirm at the same time (not a great paraphrase)."...I'll
say....having it both ways is a cliche comment.....having it both ways is
usually not good criticism.....one can't be wrong therefore can't be
right....

On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 4:32 PM J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
> --
> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>