In a moment of weakness, when I had to buy a copy of Gravity's Rainbow for reasons of Art, I was unable to resist taking V. off the shelf too. (A brand-new edition, even!) I don't know how long my self-control will hold out against subterranean alligator hunts or checking whether Seaman Bodine shows up in there also.
I was contemplating using the Kenosha Kid sequence from Gravity's Rainbow for my letterpress project, but once I counted the words even for a minimal presentation of it, just three or four construals, it was pretty clear that it wasn't going to work. I'm not sure it would have the desired impact anyway without at least most of the construals. Besides, I definitely need something about an order of magnitude shorter and less subtle for a broadside.
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