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From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN)
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Subject: re: Pynchon's V.
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Date: Tue, 4-Mar-86 19:43:17 EST
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> From:	rti-sel!wfi	(Bill Ingogly)
[responding to a posting by me]

> This is puzzling, since the letter "vee" is a major motif in the book
> (e.g., many characters' names begin with V, and there are place names
> like Vhiessu (sp?) used throughout the book) and the title in this 
> context I think refers to the letter "vee" rather than to Roman numeral 
> "V". What's the source for this reading of the title?

I don't recall where I had heard or read this, but it was quite some
time ago. I defer to others' greater knowledge of the work. As I said,
I haven't read it myself.

--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA)

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