CoL49 Chapter 4

[Mark Kohut]

I do not see Mickey Wolfman as a complete opposite to Pierce. A different
Secret Sharer, maybe.

On Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at 9:26 AM J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> I'm with David, where are the beneficiaries? If Pierce had a wife, with or
> without kids, wouldn't that be a real poke in the eye naming Oedipa, a past
> girlfriend, as the executor? The sale of the stamps seems obvious: Oedipa
> doesn't want them, no one to inherit them, and as a plot device, it sets up
> the ending.
>
> Pierce comes across more like Howard Hughes, no family, no beneficiaries,
> a possible stranger inheriting the fortune because he did Hughes a favor.
> Oedipa seems to have been the only meaningful relationship in his life.
> Metzger doesn't claim friendship or even close business relationships. When
> I think of Micky Wolffmann from Inherent Vice, I see the complete opposite
> of Pierce. Many of the other uber-wealthy men of the Pynchon world have
> families, usually ones they regret, ones they cheat, ones they despise.
> Pierce is a ghost, who tells no tales, only his business interests and
> Oedipa's memories speak about his character.
>
> In solidarity,
> James
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>
>
> On Saturday, June 15, 2024, 09:00, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at 8:19 AM Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> no mention of beneficiaries
>
>
> THIS seems to me the most OBVIOUS missing element of the story.  I can’t
> think of any inheritance stories that don’t involve intrigue and jealousy,
> revolving around the beneficiaries that will be revealed at the reading of
> The Will.  Like, who cares about what is being auctioned (an asset just
> changing its liquidity)?  We JUST WANT THE MONEY!!!
>
> >
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