
The Crying of Lot 49: Chapter 2
Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast
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The Paranoia of Pénjàn
There's a huge kind of narcissistic side to Miles Metzger. In narcissism, you know, that commonly viewed as being so full of yourself that you can't believe that you're not great. And paranoia is this weird feeling of like everything is connected or people are out to get me in particular. This is also the first time in the book that we get they with a capital T,. I'll be the first time with that happens in Pénjàn's work.
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