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"Let Judges judge, and Lawyers have their Day,
Yet soon or late, the Line will find its Way,
For Skies grow thick with aviating Swine,
Ere men pass up the chance to draw a Line." (p. 257)
Pynchon weaves conspiracy, obligation, and obsession into an "episodick" work that I should have read years ago. Its having been written in (what is presumably) a dominant literary style of the 18th century only added to my enjoyment. Crack the antiquated code! ("Inexpensive salvo..." for the present-day "Cheap sho ...more
Yet soon or late, the Line will find its Way,
For Skies grow thick with aviating Swine,
Ere men pass up the chance to draw a Line." (p. 257)
Pynchon weaves conspiracy, obligation, and obsession into an "episodick" work that I should have read years ago. Its having been written in (what is presumably) a dominant literary style of the 18th century only added to my enjoyment. Crack the antiquated code! ("Inexpensive salvo..." for the present-day "Cheap sho ...more
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