Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Chapter 1: Section 2: Page 17: Line 122 (227)

 "Pugnax," explained Darby, noting Chick's alarmed expression.

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Pugnax makes enough noise to sound like a whole kennelful of dogs. That's because Pugnax represents the reader and there are a lot of readers. Why they're making such a racket right now, I have no idea. Perhaps we just want some Pynchonian weirdness already!

"Chick's alarmed expression"
Chick has only been aboard the Inconvenience for two weeks so he hasn't had a chance to hear the racket old Pugnax can make.

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