Talk:ATD 26-56

p. 51

I think that deadfalls

in:

"in the deadfalls where the desperate malcontents convened"

may be:

rough saloon (Jonathon Green, Cassells's Slang Dictionary)

JerryS 10:42, 22 May 2008 (PDT)

P28 Dahlia Rideout The Lolita motif is common in Pynchon's works. Other Lolitas include Bianca in [Gravity's Rainbow. Dahlia is four or five years old! She is not a Lolita motif here. Lolita was twelve and Humbert was sick. Too early in the novel to jump into such conclusions.

Not sure what this adds in the informational part of the Wiki. --Cortinas 12:17, 7 August 2009 (PDT)