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01: In which the Pynchon Pals propose a cookbook (V. Chs. 1-2)

Pynchon Pals

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Character Names, Yiddish Terms, and Talking Names

Hosts analyze Pynchon's playful character names, the Yiddish term shlemiel, and 'talking names' like Profane and Schoenmacher.

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